Patents For Evidence-Based Decision-Making And Smart Specialization

Bruno Brandão Fischer, Maxim Kotsemir, Dirk Meissner and Ekaterina Streltsova ()
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Ekaterina Streltsova: National Research University Higher School of Economics

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Abstract: The paper compares and contrasts the patent-based indicators, traditionally used to assess a country’s technological capacities and specialization. It seeks to determine how a chosen metric might affect the results of such an analysis, sometimes being misleading. Empirically, the paper is based on the statistical information on patent activity of the top-10 patenting countries. It concludes with a clear demonstration of the need to employ a complex of patent-related indicators to make deliberate solutions on managing technological development of a country. Also the authors offer a taxonomy of technological capacities, which might further help understanding their current status and prospects for future progress. Above the methodological implications, the paper might be of an interest for policy-makers and practitioners as it analyzes the patent profiles and technological specialization of the global leaders

Keywords: technological development; technological specialization; patent statistics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 O32 O33 O34 O38 O57 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2018
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Published in WP BRP Series: Science, Technology and Innovation / STI, September 2018, pages 1-33

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