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Centralization and organization reproduction : ethnic innovation in R&D centers and satellite locations

Kerr, William R. - 2023

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Duranton, Gilles; Kerr, William R. - 2015

This review discusses frontier topics in economic geography as they relate to firms and agglomeration economies. We focus on areas where empirical research is scarce but possible. We first outline a conceptual framework for city formation that allows us to contemplate what empiricists might...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011542469

Agglomeration and innovation

Carlino, Gerald A.; Kerr, William R. - 2014

This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the … conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data …, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors that help sustain these …

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Chapter 6. Agglomeration and Innovation

Carlino, Gerald; Kerr, William R. - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 349-404). 2015

This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the … conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then discuss how these factors are frequently measured in the data … and industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work links to innovation, and we discuss factors that help …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025313

U.S. High-Skilled Immigration, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship: Empirical Approaches and Evidence

Kerr, William R. - Economics and Statistics Division, Word Intellectual … - 2014

High-skilled immigrants are a very important component of U.S. innovation and entrepreneurship. Immigrants account for … home country remains unclear. We know very little about return migration of workers engaged in innovation and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739157

Ethnic Scientific Communities and International Technology Diffusion

Kerr, William R. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2005

This study explores the importance of knowledge transfer for international technology diffusion by examining ethnic scientific and entrepreneurial communities in the US and their ties to their home countries. US ethnic research communities are quantified by applying an ethnic-name database to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754963

Heterogeneous technology diffusion and ricardian trade patterns

Kerr, William R. - 2016

Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011568775

Tech clusters

Kerr, William R.; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - 2019

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012175326

Agglomeration and innovation

Carlino, Gerald A.; Kerr, William R. - 2014

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010413297

Tech clusters

Kerr, William R.; Robert-Nicoud, Frédéric - 2019

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207315