Institution: | a Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, P. za Martiri della Libertà 33, 56127 Pisa, Italy b IEP and CESPRI, Bocconi University, Via Sarfatti 25, 20136 Milan, Italy c SPRU, The Freeman Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9QE, United Kingdom d Ministère de l’Education Nationale et de la Recherche DPD-C3, 3-5, Boulevard Pasteur, 75015 Paris, France e IEGI and CESPRI, Bocconi University, Via Filippetti 9, 20136 Milan, Italy f Departament d’Economia, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Ramon Trias Fargas 25-27, 08005 Barcelona, Spain g Institute for Innovation Research, Technology Management and Entrepreneurship (INNO-tec), LMU Munich School of Management, University of Munich, Kaulbachstraße 45, D-80539 Munich, Germany h LEFI, Université Lyons 2, 14 Avenue Berthelot, 69363 Lyon Cédex 07, France i Department of Business Administration, Universidad Carlos III Madrid, Calle Madrid 126, 28903 Getafe, Madrid, Spain j Eindhoven University of Technology, PO Box 513, 5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands k University of Pisa, via Ridolfi 8, 56100 Pisa, Italy |
Abstract: | Based on a survey of the inventors of 9017 European patented inventions, this paper provides new information about the characteristics of European inventors, the sources of their knowledge, the importance of formal and informal collaborations, the motivations to invent, and the actual use and economic value of the patents. |