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Elements for a diagnosis of applied research and development in Cuba using patent information: 1968–1983

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This paper presents some results of the first studies done in the country using information from patents applied for in Cuba by national and foreign entities. Its main objective is to demonstrate the potential usefulness of this source of data, and of the types of analysis used for the elaboration of diagnoses, as well as for the description of some tendencies of national innovation and R+D efforts. The most relevant technological fields, the participation of the countries during the period and the intensity of their activity in those fields were the aspects studied.

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  1. History and Organization of Science Study Center (CEHOC), Cuban Academy of Sciences, POB 70, CP 10100, Havana 1, Cuba

    L. P. Moral

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Moral, L.P. Elements for a diagnosis of applied research and development in Cuba using patent information: 1968–1983. Scientometrics 17, 83–96 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02017725

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