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Everything you Always Wanted to Know about Inventors (but Never Asked): Evidence from the PatVal-EU Survey

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Paola Giuri
Myriam Mariani
Stefano Brusoni
Gustavo Crespi
Dominique Francoz
Alfonso Gambardella
Walter Garcia-Fontes
Aldo Geuna
Raul Gonzales
Dietmar Harhoff
Karin Hoisl
Christian Lebas
Alessandra Luzzi
Laura Magazzini
Lionel Nesta
Önder Nomaler
Neus Palomeras
Pari Patel
Marzia Romanelli
Bart Verspagen

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By drawing information from a survey of inventors of 9,017 European patents (PatVal-EU), this paper provides novel and detailed data about the characteristics of the European inventors, the sources of their knowledge, the importance of formal and informal collaborations among researchers and institutions, the motivations to invent, and the actual use and economic value of the patents. This is important information as the unavailability of direct indicators has limited the scope and depth of the empirical studies on innovation.

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