We investigate the relationship between the presence of migrant inventors and the dynamics of innovation in the … inventors. Our results generalize the evidence of previous studies that show how migrant inventors "import" knowledge from their … knowledge across nations. …

Following Garicano (2000), we consider groups whose members decide what knowledge to acquire and how to use this … knowledge in production. If efficient production requires common knowledge, all group members should become workers and acquire … common knowledge. But if efficient production requires diverse knowledge, one group member should become manager, acquire …

present evidence of a trade-off between distance to the headquarters and the knowledge intensity of the foreign subsidiary … headquarters is, on average, about one percent higher in the knowledge intensity scale. I find no evidence of the knowledge …