The individual inventor as a driver of social and sustainable innovations in Sweden: Understanding their motivations, the invention process, and why patents matter less
Individual inventors have played an important role in shaping modern economic growth with their inventions. However, the upsurge in corporate and institutionalised research and development (R&D) has overshadowed the individual inventor in both academia and policy research. In Sweden, the individual inventor continues to provide socially and environmentally beneficial innovations that solve pro