Selective Information on the National System of Innovation as an important input for the Technology Management of Firms
by Helmut Gassler, Josef Frohlich, Alexander Kopcsa
International Journal of Technology Management (IJTM), Vol. 11, No. 3/4, 1996

Abstract: This paper is focused on findings derived from the use of patents as a proxy of inventive and innovative activities. Accordingly, we explore some facts about the structure of the Austrian national system of innovation using patent statistics, and combining these data with a firm data bank from the statistical information system at the Austrian Research Centre, Seibersdorf. Firstly, we give an insight into the structure of the Austrian national innovation system, focusing on the technological specialisation profile. Secondly, we position Austria in the international patent 'landscape', and demonstrate the main discrepancies between Austrian and worldwide patenting activities. Thirdly, we present some results on the domestic patenting activities in Austria at the firm level, and discuss a matrix which contains data on patent applications broken down by industrial sector of origin and several technology fields based upon an aggregation of IPC-3 digits. Thus we are able to analyze the interdependence between industrial sectors and technology fields in Austria.

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