Patent Applications : An emperical study across Swedish municipalities
The purpose with this thesis was to examine the most significant factors that affect the number of patents applications submitted on a municipality level in Sweden, with the objective to find the most significant of them. Three factors was chosen and analyzed more closely. The three factors was, inv...
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ndltd-UPSALLA1-oai-DiVA.org-hj-5272013-01-08T13:13:19ZPatent Applications : An emperical study across Swedish municipalitiesengGustafsson, JonInternationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Nationalekonomi2006patenthuman capitalR&DgrowthinnovationsEconomicsNationalekonomiThe purpose with this thesis was to examine the most significant factors that affect the number of patents applications submitted on a municipality level in Sweden, with the objective to find the most significant of them. Three factors was chosen and analyzed more closely. The three factors was, investments in R&D made by firms, share of human capital and investments in R&D made by universities. Theses factors was tested against the dependent variable patent applications in three hypothesis and a stepwise regression model was conducted, with the objective to find the most significant variable. The result of the study, shows that not all of the factors had a positive effect on the number of patent applications, further the study indicated that the most significant factor for a municipality in order to have a high number of patent applications, was to have a high share of human capital. Student thesisinfo:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesistexthttp://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-527application/pdfinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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The purpose with this thesis was to examine the most significant factors that affect the number of patents applications submitted on a municipality level in Sweden, with the objective to find the most significant of them. Three factors was chosen and analyzed more closely. The three factors was, investments in R&D made by firms, share of human capital and investments in R&D made by universities. Theses factors was tested against the dependent variable patent applications in three hypothesis and a stepwise regression model was conducted, with the objective to find the most significant variable. The result of the study, shows that not all of the factors had a positive effect on the number of patent applications, further the study indicated that the most significant factor for a municipality in order to have a high number of patent applications, was to have a high share of human capital. |
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Patent Applications : An emperical study across Swedish municipalities |
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Patent Applications : An emperical study across Swedish municipalities |
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Patent Applications : An emperical study across Swedish municipalities |
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Patent Applications : An emperical study across Swedish municipalities |
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Patent Applications : An emperical study across Swedish municipalities |
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patent applications : an emperical study across swedish municipalities |
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Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Nationalekonomi |
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