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The Mutual Relation between Patents and R&D

In: Innovation and Firm Performance

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  • Hans Ophem

    (University of Amsterdam)

  • Erik Brouwer

    (PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC))

  • Alfred Kleinknecht
  • Pierre Mohnen

Abstract

Because of the lack of long time series on R&D and patents, few studies have examined the causal link in the Granger sense between these two innovation indicators. The existing evidence gathered by Griliches (1981), Pakes (1985), Hall et al. (1986) and Griliches et al. (1991) points to an almost instantaneous relationship, and, to the extent that any lag effects can be established, causality seems to run from R&D to patents. The Dutch innovation surveys which contain questions on patent applications allow us to re-examine this issue using information of four-year lagged amounts of R&D expenditures and numbers of patent applications for a sample of 460 firms from the 1992 survey that also responded to the 1988 survey. Section 3.2 discusses the model which relates R&D expenditures and patent count mutually. Section 3.3 introduces the data, and the estimation results are presented in Section 3.4. Section 3.5 concludes.

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  • Hans Ophem & Erik Brouwer & Alfred Kleinknecht & Pierre Mohnen, 2002. "The Mutual Relation between Patents and R&D," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Alfred Kleinknecht & Pierre Mohnen (ed.), Innovation and Firm Performance, chapter 3, pages 56-70, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-59588-0_3
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230595880_3
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    1. Frietsch, Rainer & Schubert, Torben & Neuhäusler, Peter, 2017. "Secular trends in innovation and technological change," Studien zum deutschen Innovationssystem 7-2017, Expertenkommission Forschung und Innovation (EFI) - Commission of Experts for Research and Innovation, Berlin.
    2. Daimer, Stephanie & Hufnagl, Miriam & Frietsch, Rainer & Lindner, Ralf & Neuhäusler, Peter & Rothengatter, Oliver, 2018. "Die Leistungsfähigkeit des deutschen Innovationssystems: Eine Bilanz der Patentaktivitäten nach zehn Jahren Hightech-Strategie," Discussion Papers "Innovation Systems and Policy Analysis" 57, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research (ISI).
    3. Laurence Jacquet & Stéphane Robin, 2021. "R&D Tax Credits across the European Union:Divergences and convergence," THEMA Working Papers 2021-14, THEMA (THéorie Economique, Modélisation et Applications), Université de Cergy-Pontoise.
    4. Mairesse, Jacques & Mohnen, Pierre, 2010. "Using Innovation Surveys for Econometric Analysis," Handbook of the Economics of Innovation, in: Bronwyn H. Hall & Nathan Rosenberg (ed.), Handbook of the Economics of Innovation, edition 1, volume 2, chapter 0, pages 1129-1155, Elsevier.
    5. Wladimir Raymond & Pierre Mohnen & Franz Palm & Sybrand Schim van der Loeff, 2009. "Innovative Sales, R&D and Total Innovation Expenditures: Panel Evidence on their Dynamics," CESifo Working Paper Series 2716, CESifo.
    6. Jorge Luis Juliao Rossi & Fernando Barrios Aguirre & Jana Schmutzler & Iván Darío Sánchez Manchola, 2013. "Relación entre la estrategia de innovación de la firma y su decisión de patentar: evidencia de empresas pertenecientes al sector manufacturero colombiano," Estudios Gerenciales, Universidad Icesi, September.
    7. Armin Anzenbacher & Marcus Wagner, 2020. "The role of exploration and exploitation for innovation success: effects of business models on organizational ambidexterity in the semiconductor industry," International Entrepreneurship and Management Journal, Springer, vol. 16(2), pages 571-594, June.

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