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  1. 11. The stock market and innovation : Does the stock market attract, select and boost innovation?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Becky Lidgren; Frida Myrsten; [2021]
    Keywords : innovation; IPO; going public; stock market; information asymmetry; signalling; underpricing; patents; patent applications;

    Abstract : This paper explores the stock market as a source of funding for innovation by looking at the ability of the stock market to attract, identify and channel funds to innovative firms. We analysed 541 IPOs on the Swedish stock market between the years 2000-2015, using patent applications as a proxy for innovation. READ MORE

  3. 12. The Effect of Environmental Policy Stringency on Environmental Innovations - A Cross Country Comparison

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Anna Jahre; Anna Nordin; [2020-06-30]
    Keywords : Policy stringency; environmental-regulations; innovations; EPS; eco-patents; Porter Hypthesis;

    Abstract : This thesis is a cross-country comparison based on panel-data across 30 countries from 1990-2012. It uses a Negative Binomial Regression Model to test The Porter Hypothesis to see if environmental policy stringency affects the number of environmental innovations in a country. READ MORE

  4. 13. The effect of innovation on unemployment levels in different educational groups

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi och statistik (NS)

    Author : Linus Karlsson; David Sunesson; [2020]
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    Abstract : This paper investigates what effect innovation has on unemployment rates in different educational groups. Two measures for innovation is used, patent applications and triadic patent families. How different educational groups is affected is something this paper aim to contribute to since not much research has been done in this area. READ MORE

  5. 14. Using Natural Language Processing to Identify Similar Patent Documents

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Jakob Navrozidis; Hannes Jansson; [2020]
    Keywords : natural language processing; patent search; document similarity; word embeddings; sentence embeddings; machine learning; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The search for prior art documents is an important, but time-consuming task for the patent attorney. Today, these searches are carried out using keywords, which is problematic since inventions often are described using abstract and general terms in the patent applications. In addition, synonyms must be taken into account and formulated manually. READ MORE

  6. 15. Automatic Patent Classification

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    Author : Nala Yehe; [2020]
    Keywords : XGBoost; support vector machine SVM ; random forest; decision tree; machine learning; text data mining; patent classification; IPC;

    Abstract : Patents have a great research value and it is also beneficial to the community of industrial, commercial, legal and policymaking. Effective analysis of patent literature can reveal important technical details and relationships, and it can also explain business trends, propose novel industrial solutions, and make crucial investment decisions. READ MORE