Essays about: "patents"

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  1. 1. To innovate or not - that is the question A study investigating how the number of patents applications has been affected by the EU ETS

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Alma Hemberg; [2021-08-23]
    Keywords : aviation; business enterprise investments; cement; difference-in-differences; emissions; environmental regulation; EPO; Espacenet; the EU ETS; GDP growth; gross domestic investments; innovation; IPC; manufacturing of iron and steel; OECD; patent applications; patents; Porter Hypothesis; R D;

    Abstract : MSc in Economics.... READ MORE

  3. 2. Do Innovative Firms Leave More Money on the Table?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen; Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Anna Wigren; Tobias Rådman; [2021]
    Keywords : underpricing; initial public offering; IPO; innovation; patent; R D; initial returns; information asymmetry;

    Abstract : This study examines the relationship between firm innovation and Initial Public Offering (IPO) underpricing in the Swedish stock market by examining 287 firms that went public on the Nasdaq OMX Stockholm and Nasdaq First North during the years 2010 – 2020. An OLS regression model is utilized to analyze the relationship between underpricing, measured as the initial returns, and firm innovation, measured as patents and Research and Development (R&D). READ MORE

  4. 3. Financial Crisis as an Innovation Determinant

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel Cunha Byström; [2021]
    Keywords : Innovation; Financial Crisis; Patent Quantity; Employment; College Attendance;

    Abstract : This paper examines the effect of the 90s financial crisis in Sweden on patent quantity and attempts to determine the potential mediating role that institutions of higher education may play. The empirical design consists of adifference-in-differences model which relies on cross-municipality variation in crisis exposure, which is defined asthe percentage of employment loss during the crisis years, 1991-1993. READ MORE

  5. 4. Learning from 3D generated synthetic data for unsupervised anomaly detection

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för visuell information och interaktion

    Author : Hampus Fröjdholm; [2021]
    Keywords : machine learning; synthetic data; anomaly detection; physically based rendering; maskininlärning; syntetisk data; anomalidetektion;

    Abstract : Modern machine learning methods, utilising neural networks, require a lot of training data. Data gathering and preparation has thus become a major bottleneck in the machine learning pipeline and researchers often use large public datasets to conduct their research (such as the ImageNet [1] or MNIST [2] datasets). READ MORE

  6. 5. 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