Demographic patterns and trends in patenting: Gender, age, and education of inventors

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 86, Issue , 2014, Pages 110-124

  Jung, Taehyun ^b   Ejermo, Olof ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age; Education; Gender; Inventor; Patent

Indexed keywords

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

AGE; DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS; GENDER; INVENTOR; LEVEL OF EDUCATIONS; MANAGERIAL IMPLICATIONS; PATENT; TECHNOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITY;

EDUCATION;

AGE; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT; GENDER; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; TREND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84902074641     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2013.08.023     Document Type: Article

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