Measuring environmental innovation using patent data

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Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development 22-Jun-2015 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ _____________ English-Or. English ENVIRONMENT DIRECTORATE MEASURING ENVIRONMENTAL INNOVATION USING PATENT DATA-ENVIRONMENT WORKING PAPER No. 89 by Ivan Haščič (1) and Mauro Migotto (1) OECD Working Papers should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD or of its member countries. The opinions expressed and arguments employed are those of the author(s).

Does Innovation Pay Off in Terms of Firm Performance? - Evidence from the European Automotive Industry –

“…As this research only investigates one industry, the results do not suffer from the latter limitation. Scherer also draws the attention to discrepancies between the quality of patents, which is supported by Haščič and Migotto (2015). Indeed, a measure showing how high or low the quality of a patent application or granted patent is, is not provided by the EPO.…”

“…Indeed, a measure showing how high or low the quality of a patent application or granted patent is, is not provided by the EPO. Nevertheless, because the patenting process involves substantial costs, it is likely that patent applications have not only high chances of adoption but also of appropriating economic rents from the invention (Haščič & Migotto, 2015). This speaks for a higher quality of patents, but the lack of an official indicator of the quality remains.…”

“…With respect to the advantages of using patent as measure of innovation, Haščič and Migotto (2015) argue that patents can be assessed using objective criteria, are widely available and are an indicator for the output of innovation. Besides, patents are categorized in a specific technological category using the…”

“…A patent is defined as "document, issued by an authorized governmental agency, granting the right to exclude anyone else from the production or use of a specific new device, apparatus, or process for a stated number of years" (Griliches, 1990(Griliches, , p. 1662. Moreover, using patents as measure of innovation has three main advantages (Haščič & Migotto, 2015). First, patents can be assessed objectively.…”

The empirics of enabling investment and innovation in renewable energy

“…5 For investment, see: Cárdenas Rodriguez et al, 2014;Haščič et al, 2015a;OECD, 2015a, b;OECD/IEA/NEA/ITF, 2015;Corfee-Morlot et al, 2012. For innovation, see: IEA, 2015aAndrews and Criscuolo, 2013;Haščič et al, 2015a;Haščič and Migotto, 2015;Gambhir et al, 2014;Groba and Breitschopf, 2013;Friebe, 2014;Iršová and Havránek, 2013;Furman et al, 2002;; For more details on the literature review, please see Annex A.2. and innovation in renewable power (OECD, 2015b, f).…”