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Power Law Distributions of Patents as Indicators of Innovation

The total number of patents produced by a country (or the number of patents produced per capita) is often used as an indicator for innovation. Here we present evidence that the distribution of patents amongst applicants within many countries is well-described by power laws with exponents that vary b...

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Autores principales: O’Neale, Dion R. J., Hendy, Shaun C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3515563/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23227144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049501