Today's Edisons or weekend hobbyists: Technical merit and success of inventions by independent inventors

Research Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1167-1183

  Dahlin, Kristina ^a   Taylor, Margaret ^b   Fichman, Mark ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Independent inventors; Innovation indicators; Patents; Sources of innovation; Technology policy

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; FINANCE; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC POLICY;

INDEPENDENT INVENTORS; INNOVATION INDICATORS; SOURCES OF INNOVATION;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 6444241581     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2004.06.003     Document Type: Article

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