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Radical versus non-radical inventions - SCHOENMAKERS, Wilfred; DUYSTERS, Geert; VANHAVERBEKE, Wim
This paper looks at the special characteristics of radical inventions. It tries to identify
those variables that differentiate radical inventions from non-radical inventions. Since radical
inventions are very important for the economy as a whole and for the individual firm
performances, understanding what makes radical inventions differ from non-radical
inventions is very important.
For our research we made use of the EPO (European Patent Office) database on
patents. We used the number of forward patent citations per patent to identify radical from
non-radical inventions. For our analysis we used the backward patent citations per patent.
In order to test if the two groups we are considering are truly...
(29) - 07-ago-2009
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