Πατέντες και οικονομική μεγέθυνση

Γαβαθοπούλου, Ευαγγελία Γ.

Patents and economic growth

Master Thesis

Author

Γαβαθοπούλου, Ευαγγελία Γ.

Date

2014-10

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Keywords

Διπλώματα ευρεσιτεχνίας ; Ακαθάριστο Εγχώριο Προϊόν ; Οργανισμός Οικονομικής Συνεργασίας και Ανάπτυξης (ΟΟΣΑ) ; Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) ; Innovation

Abstract

This thesis investigates the effect of the relationship of patents with major figures of the economy, which affect the economic development of countries. More specifically, we analyze the relationship between the number of patents and the growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product, the educational level, the trade and the expenditure in Research and Development in six OECD countries, covering a period of 11 years starting from 2000. In the first chapter of this thesis we will refer to the definition of innovation and the objectives and types of innovation, the protection of which is mainly through patents. The second chapter gives the meaning of the patent, the principles and the conditions of the grant. Additionally, it analyzes the advantages and disadvantages of patents and its contribution to the management of Research and Development. The third chapter describes in detail the data used in this analysis, which were collected by the World Bank (World Development Indicators) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In the fourth chapter, using the statistical package STATA 11, we analyze the relationship between the dependent variable, which is the number of patents, with the independent variables, and it was observed that the growth rate of the Gross Domestic Product, the education level and the expenditure in Research and Development are statistically significant variables in contrast to the Trade. Finally, in the fifth chapter of this thesis we present the results and the conclusions of the above analysis of the relationship.