Patents, Citations and Innovations
A Window on the Knowledge Economy
Published on 19. July 2002
Book
Hardback
496 pages
978-0-262-10095-3 (ISBN)
Description
Innovation and technological change, long recognized as the main drivers
of long-term economic growth, are elusive notions that are difficult to
conceptualize and even harder to measure in a consistent, systematic way. This book
demonstrates the usefulness of patents and citations data as a window on the process
of technological change and as a powerful tool for research on the economics of
innovation. Patent records contain a wealth of information, including the inventors'
identity, location, and employer, as well as the technological field of the
invention. Patents also contain citation references to previous patents, which allow
one to trace links across inventions.The book lays out the conceptual foundations
for such research and provides a range of interesting applications, such as
examining the geographic pattern of knowledge spillovers and evaluating the impact
of university and government patenting. It also describes statistical tools designed
to handle methodological problems raised by the patent and citation processes. The
book includes a CD with complete data on 3 million patents with more than 16 million
citations and a range of author-devised measures of the importance, generality, and
originality of patented innovations.
of long-term economic growth, are elusive notions that are difficult to
conceptualize and even harder to measure in a consistent, systematic way. This book
demonstrates the usefulness of patents and citations data as a window on the process
of technological change and as a powerful tool for research on the economics of
innovation. Patent records contain a wealth of information, including the inventors'
identity, location, and employer, as well as the technological field of the
invention. Patents also contain citation references to previous patents, which allow
one to trace links across inventions.The book lays out the conceptual foundations
for such research and provides a range of interesting applications, such as
examining the geographic pattern of knowledge spillovers and evaluating the impact
of university and government patenting. It also describes statistical tools designed
to handle methodological problems raised by the patent and citation processes. The
book includes a CD with complete data on 3 million patents with more than 16 million
citations and a range of author-devised measures of the importance, generality, and
originality of patented innovations.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge, Mass.
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
96 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 31 mm
Weight
812 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-10095-3 (9780262100953)
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Persons
Adam B. Jaffe is Fred C. Hecht Professor in Economics and Dean of Arts and Sciences at Brandeis University.
Manuel Trajtenberg is Chair of the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University, Research Associate of the NBER, Research Fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research in London, and Research Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Advanced Research.
Manuel Trajtenberg is Chair of the Eitan Berglas School of Economics at Tel Aviv University, Research Associate of the NBER, Research Fellow of the Center for Economic Policy Research in London, and Research Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Advanced Research.