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Comparing Innovation Performance in the EU and the USA: Lessons from Three ICT Sub-Sectors JRC Report Authors: Simon Forge, Colin Blackman, Itzhak Goldberg and Federico Biagi

The objective of the study is to document the existence of innovation gaps between the EU and its main competitors in specific ICT sub-sectors – namely web services, industrial robotics and display technologies –and to explore the role of government policies in Europe’s futu...

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3908 days ago

Does the Patent Cooperation Treaty work? A global analysis of patent applications by non-residents - JRC Report - Authors: Daniel Nepelski and Giuditta de Prato

We study drivers of international patent applications by non-residents and assess the importance of the PCT membership in their motivations. We construct bilateral measures of foreign patent applications for all countries active as both a source of patents and a destination of applications fi...

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3908 days ago