Innovation and Invention in Canada |
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Authors: | Daniel Johnson Robert E Evenson |
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Institution: | 1. Economic Growth Center, Yale University , 27 High Street, New Haven, CT, 06510, USA E-mail: daniel.johnson@yale.edu;2. Economic Growth Center, Yale University , PO Box 208269, New Haven, CT, 06520–8269, USA E-mail: robert.evenson@yale.edu |
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Abstract: | This paper compares innovation survey data with invention data as recorded by patents (and, therefore, the basis of the Yale Technology Concordance), presenting input–output tables for both data sets. We describe and compare the intersec-toral flows of technology from the industry of manufacture (IOM) to the sector of use (SOU); compare patent-to-innovation ratios by industry; and present correlations between innovation, invention and R&D by industy. One significant conclusion is that, while innovation and invention data are highly correlated in the IOM, they diverge on the SOU, especially in certain key industries that we identify. |
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Keywords: | Patents Yale Technology Concordance input—output data R& D spillovers Canada |
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