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Not working less hours, but much less "productive" in an economic sense. See US Patent statistics: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/cst_utl.htm
by Atropos 11y ago
Not working less hours, but much less "productive" in an economic sense. See US Patent statistics: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/cst_utl.htm http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/cst_utl.htm
Even in the boom years of 1999-2008, Greece had like 20 patents / year, while Austria or Finland have 600-900, despite having a smaller population.
- jacquesm 11y agoPatents are indicative of an IP based economy, Greece is much more dependent on tourism than on IP and technology than Austria or Finland. Economic productivity is not accurately measured by looking at the number of patents granted for any country, though it does reflect how large the tech/ip sector is for that country.