Innovation and Invention in Canada

Daniel Johnson () and Robert Evenson

Economic Systems Research, 1997, vol. 9, issue 2, 177-192

Abstract: This paper compares innovation survey data with invention data as recorded by patents (and, therefore, the basis of the Yale Technology Concordance), presenting input-output tables for both data sets. We describe and compare the intersec-toral flows of technology from the industry of manufacture (IOM) to the sector of use (SOU); compare patent-to-innovation ratios by industry; and present correlations between innovation, invention and R&D by industy. One significant conclusion is that, while innovation and invention data are highly correlated in the IOM, they diverge on the SOU, especially in certain key industries that we identify.

Keywords: Patents; Yale Technology Concordance; input—output data; R&D spillovers; Canada (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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