Accumulated stock of knowledge and current search practices: The impact on patent quality

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 120, Issue , 2017, Pages 204-222

  Cammarano, Antonello ^a   Michelino, Francesca ^a   Lamberti, Emilia ^a   Caputo, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Knowledge search; Open innovation; Patent data; Sources of knowledge; Stock of knowledge; Technological strategy

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION;

KNOWLEDGE SEARCH; OPEN INNOVATION; PATENT DATUM; STOCK OF KNOWLEDGE; TECHNOLOGICAL STRATEGY;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY POLICY;

EID: 85009885067     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.12.019     Document Type: Article

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