When do trademarks improve the measurement of innovation? An analysis of innovations from Dutch SMEs

IF 2.6 4区管理学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

Science and Public Policy Pub Date : 2024-06-14 DOI:10.1093/scipol/scae035

Pablo Morales, Meindert Flikkema, Carolina Castaldi, Ard-Pieter de Man

{"title":"When do trademarks improve the measurement of innovation? An analysis of innovations from Dutch SMEs","authors":"Pablo Morales, Meindert Flikkema, Carolina Castaldi, Ard-Pieter de Man","doi":"10.1093/scipol/scae035","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n Effective innovation policymaking critically relies on monitoring innovation. An emerging literature suggests that trademarks could help measure a larger share of innovations than when only utilizing patents, particularly for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This study establishes when trademarks improve the measurement of innovation compared to solely relying on patents as innovation metrics, by examining the propensity to use trademarks for non-patented innovations from SMEs. We collected multiple original samples of innovations from Dutch SMEs and assessed the extent to which trademarks and/or patents were filed for those innovations. Our results show that trademarks can improve innovation measurement for SMEs, particularly in scale-intensive and supplier-dominated industries and in some service industries—areas where patent propensities are low. Our results bear implications for monitoring innovation and evaluating science, research, and innovation policy. Overall, by combining trademark and patent data, the number of measured innovations by SMEs increases approximately by a relative of 51.8 per cent.","PeriodicalId":47975,"journal":{"name":"Science and Public Policy","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Science and Public Policy","FirstCategoryId":"91","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1093/scipol/scae035","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 0

Abstract

Effective innovation policymaking critically relies on monitoring innovation. An emerging literature suggests that trademarks could help measure a larger share of innovations than when only utilizing patents, particularly for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). This study establishes when trademarks improve the measurement of innovation compared to solely relying on patents as innovation metrics, by examining the propensity to use trademarks for non-patented innovations from SMEs. We collected multiple original samples of innovations from Dutch SMEs and assessed the extent to which trademarks and/or patents were filed for those innovations. Our results show that trademarks can improve innovation measurement for SMEs, particularly in scale-intensive and supplier-dominated industries and in some service industries—areas where patent propensities are low. Our results bear implications for monitoring innovation and evaluating science, research, and innovation policy. Overall, by combining trademark and patent data, the number of measured innovations by SMEs increases approximately by a relative of 51.8 per cent.

查看原文本刊更多论文

商标何时能改进创新衡量？对荷兰中小企业创新的分析

有效的创新政策制定主要依赖于对创新的监测。新出现的文献表明，与仅使用专利相比，商标有助于衡量更大份额的创新，尤其是中小型企业（SMEs）的创新。本研究通过考察中小型企业在非专利创新中使用商标的倾向，确定与单纯依赖专利作为创新衡量标准相比，商标何时能够改善创新衡量。我们收集了来自荷兰中小企业的多个原始创新样本，并评估了这些创新在多大程度上申请了商标和/或专利。我们的研究结果表明，商标可以改善中小企业的创新衡量，尤其是在规模密集型和供应商主导型行业以及一些服务行业--专利倾向较低的领域。我们的研究结果对监测创新以及评估科学、研究和创新政策具有重要意义。总体而言，通过将商标和专利数据结合起来，中小型企业的创新数量相对增加了约 51.8%。

本文章由计算机程序翻译，如有差异，请以英文原文为准。

求助全文

约1分钟内获得全文求助全文

来源期刊

Science and Public Policy Multiple-

CiteScore

4.50

自引率

11.10%

发文量

期刊介绍： Science and Public Policy is a leading refereed, international journal on public policies for science, technology and innovation, and on their implications for other public policies. It covers basic, applied, high, low, and any other types of S&T, and rich or poorer countries. It is read in around 70 countries, in universities (teaching and research), government ministries and agencies, consultancies, industry and elsewhere.