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A Study of InventorsIntroduction

A Study of Inventors: Introduction [Prior to the industrial revolution in the late 18th and the early 19th century, firms carried out virtually no systematic research and development (R&D) processes. During that time, research processes were simply conducted as “trial and error”. Inventive activity did not depend in any major way on science. Most firms were relatively small, and large firms were rather uncommon. Inventions were conducted almost exclusively by individual inventors (Bruland/ Mowery 2004).] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A Study of InventorsIntroduction

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Hoisl, Karin
A Study of Inventors — Dec 5, 2009
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Publisher
Deutscher Universitätsverlag
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© Gabler Verlag | Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden GmbH, Wiesbaden 2007
ISBN
978-3-8350-0650-8
Pages
1 –9
DOI
10.1007/978-3-8350-9492-5_1
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Abstract

[Prior to the industrial revolution in the late 18th and the early 19th century, firms carried out virtually no systematic research and development (R&D) processes. During that time, research processes were simply conducted as “trial and error”. Inventive activity did not depend in any major way on science. Most firms were relatively small, and large firms were rather uncommon. Inventions were conducted almost exclusively by individual inventors (Bruland/ Mowery 2004).]

Published: Dec 5, 2009

Keywords: Inventive Performance; Inventor Productivity; Inventive Activity; Citation Count; European Patent

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