Patents provide powerful insights of technology development which is a key driver for economic growth as well as an important factor of economic analysis. In order to fully take advantage of these well-codified markers of new knowledge, it is necessary to master tools and methodologies to dig into patent information. The workshop aims at providing methodological and practical skills to analyse patent documents. It relies on the facilities RISIS Patent Database and the Cortext tool.…
The seventh RISIS Research Seminar will take place on 10 March from 12:30 am to 2:00 pm (CET) and will focus on the role of large multinational firms (LMF) in the knowledge dynamics of Metropolitan Areas. with a presentation of Patricia Laurens and Philippe Larédo, Université Gustave Eiffel. Dr. Gaston Heimeriks, Utrecht University, is involved as a discussant. There has been extensive work about the role of universities and more widely public sector research. Numerous works have studied the relationship between…
Which are the principal actors of innovation worldwide? Where are concentrated the inventive activities and why? The 6th RISIS Policymakers Session took place on the 3rd December in an online format (2 pm – 4 pm) with a presentation of Patricia Laurens, Antoine Schoen and Philippe Larédo (LISIS, Université Gustave Eiffel), entitled International patents: the role of world largest firms in building competitive metropolitan areas, aiming to explore the universe of international patents and the role of multinational firms in shaping the dynamics of knowledge,…
A recent study published on Plos One by Thomas Scherngell, Charlotte Rohde, and Martina Neulaendtner (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology) and entitled The dynamics of global R&D collaboration networks in ICT: does China catch up with the US? explores the structure and dynamics of global Research & Development (R&D) collaboration networks in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), by analyzing cross-country co-patents. The analyses were conducted using data from the RISIS-Patent dataset , a standardized…
