Surveying inventors listed on patents to investigate determinants of innovation
This paper reviews the methods and findings of studies surveying inventors on nationally representative sample of patents or patent applications. These studies show that the most common inventor is a middle-aged man with a postgraduate qualification, with women representing only 0.4% to 3.5% of inve...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Springer
2006
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/47187 |