W poszukiwaniu czynników stymulujących rozprzestrzenianie się polskiego know-how w gospodarce światowej – analiza regresji wielorakiej
In Search of Factors Stimulating the Diffusion of Polish Know-How in the Global Economy – Multiple Regression Analysis

Summary/Abstract: The importance of inventions for development processes is all the greater the more often they are used by others when generating new knowledge. With this in mind, the aim of the article was to determine the extent to which Polish inventions diffuse in the global economy – which was measured by the frequency of their citation – and to indicate the factors underlying this phenomenon. A multiple regression analysis conducted on a sample of 426 entities and 986 international patent applications has shown that Polish inventions have little impact on research activities of other entities, as they are cited by others only to a small extent, although inventions in physics are characterized by a greater propensity to be cited. The research also revealed that among the factors taken into account, only a larger number of foreigners in the team of inventors translated into a larger number of citations received by Polish inventions. The other factors either had a negative impact on the strength of diffusion of Polish know-how (ethnic diversity among applicants for patent protection, ethnic diversity among inventors, the presence of a public sector R&D unit among applicants) or no relationship was observed between them and the number of citations.

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