@article{4d0560c63ed24e31ad3f9e3ab2c41802,
title = "Inventors and Invention Processes in Europe: Results from the PatVal-EU Survey",
abstract = "Based on a survey of the inventors of 9017 European patented inventions, this paper provides new information about the characteristics of European inventors, the sources of their knowledge, the importance of formal and informal collaborations, the motivations to invent, and the actual use and economic value of the patents.",
keywords = "Patent, Inventor, Collaboration, Licensing, Invention Process, Patent, Inventor, Collaboration, Licensing, Invention Process",
author = "Paola Giuri and Myriam Mariani and Stefano Brusoni and Gustavo Crespi and Dominique Francoz and Alfonso Gambardella and Walter Garcia-Fontes and Aldo Geuna and Raul Gonzales and Dietmar Harhoff and Karin Hoisl and {Le Bas}, Christian and Alessandra Luzzi and Laura Magazzini and Lionel Nesta and {\"O}nder Nomaler and Neus Palomeras and Pari Patel and Marzia Romanelli and Bart Verspagen",
year = "2007",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/j.respol.2007.07.008",
language = "English",
volume = "36",
pages = "1107--1127",
journal = "Research Policy",
issn = "0048-7333",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "8",
}