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Ethnic Inventors, Diversity and Innovation in the UK: Evidence from Patents Microdata
Nathan, Max - Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE - 2011
Ethnic inventors play important roles in US innovation systems, especially in high-tech regions like Silicon Valley. Do … 'ethnicity-innovation' channels exist elsewhere? This paper investigates, using a new panel of UK patents microdata. In theory …, ethnicity might affect positively innovation via 'star' migrants, network externalities from co-ethnic groups, or production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009320414
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Do Inventors Talk to Strangers? On Proximity and Collaborative Knowledge Creation
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Nathan, Max; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE - 2014
This paper investigates how physical, organisational, institutional, cognitive, social, and ethnic proximities between inventors shape their collaboration decisions. Using a new panel of UK inventors and a novel identification strategy, this paper systematically explores the net effects of all...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010729220
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My Precious! The Location and Diffusion of Scientific Research: Evidence from the Synchrotron Diamond Light Source
Helmers, Christian; Overman, Henry - Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE - 2013
use both academic publications and patent data to trace the geographical distribution of related knowledge and innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010631526