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Are Individual Inventors Invisible? The Missing Link Between Creative People And Support For Innovation

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  • Violeta Šugar

    (Faculty of Economics and Tourism „Dr. Mijo Mirković“, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia)

  • Alen Belullo

    (Faculty of Economics and Tourism „Dr. Mijo Mirković“, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia)

  • Emin Džanić

    (Faculty of Economics and Tourism „Dr. Mijo Mirković“, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Croatia)

Abstract

The research about the population of individual inventors/innovators in Croatia was carried out with the aim of finding answers to the following questions: 1. How many inventions/patent sin Croatia are (not) commercialized; 2. What are the reasons of (un)successful commercialization of Croatian individual investors' inventions/patents; 3. Is there any correlation between various forms of support for inventors / patent owners and successful commercialization of inventions/patents? The research was designed and carried out on individual inventors/innovators in Croatia via combination of online questionnaire and telephone interviews. The acquired data were analysed by descriptive statistics and nonparametric inferential statistics. Based on the results of the research, the literature and practical experience, a typology of individual inventors / innovators has been created. The research limitations relate to the lack of the institutional data and literature regarding the individual inventors. In addition to practical contribution of the findings regarding the public policies, there is also a theoretical contribution to existing literature.

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  • Violeta Šugar & Alen Belullo & Emin Džanić, 2021. "Are Individual Inventors Invisible? The Missing Link Between Creative People And Support For Innovation," Ekonomski pregled, Hrvatsko društvo ekonomista (Croatian Society of Economists), vol. 72(6), pages 840-868.
    • Handle: RePEc:hde:epregl:v:72:y:2021:i:7:p:840-868
    DOI: 10.32910/ep.72.6.3
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    Keywords

    innovation management; individual inventor; innovation education;
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    • C31 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models

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