Does access to information and communication technologies (ICT) increase innovation? We examine this question by …-connected inventors increase patenting substantially. The effects are driven by collaborative patents by new inventor teams. The patents …

productivity of R&D resources in generating innovation (patenting) and productivity (TFP). While we find that knowledge diffusion … of R&D. Our work analyzes knowledge diffusion and knowledge externalities in generating innovation and in determining … North America as revealed by patent citation between US-granted patents. Then we estimate the impact of these flows on …

inverse U-shaped relationship between patent strength and growth: moderate levels of patent protection can stimulate growth …

,300 members across active economic societies in Germany with those of patent holders and World's Fair exhibitors, we show that … the same society had higher similarity in patenting, suggesting that social networks facilitated spatial knowledge … diffusion and, to some extent, shaped the geography of innovation. …

? Combining industry-level patenting and migration data from 32 European countries, we show that emigration in fact positively … contributes to innovation in source countries. We use changes in the labour mobility legislation within Europe as exogenous … variation to establish causality. By analysing patent citation data, we further provide evidence that these positive effects are …