@article{1ac1117874924eca89524bc9734ca297,
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.",
author = "P. Giuri and M. Mariani and S. Brusoni and G. Crespi and D. Francoz and A. Gambardella and W. Garcia-Fontes and A. Geuna and R. Gonzales and D. Harhoff and K. Hoisl and {Le Bas}, C. and A. Luzzi and L. Magazzini and L. Nesta and Z.O. Nomaler and N. Palomeras and P. Patel and Marzia Romanelli and B. Verspagen",
year = "2007",
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",
}