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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010411489
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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
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Centralization and Organization Reproduction : Ethnic Innovation in R&D Centers and Satellite Locations
Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
We study the relationship between firm centralization and organizational reproduction in satellite locations. For decentralized firms, the ethnic compositions of inventors in satellite locations mostly resemble their host cities, with little link to the inventor composition of their parent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014372481
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Agglomeration and innovation
Carlino, Gerald A.; Kerr, William R. - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010413297
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Growth through Heterogeneous Innovations
Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, William R. - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2010
framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in exploration R&D to … regularities regarding innovation and growth differences across the firm size distribution. We also incorporate patent citations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674319
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The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic Invention
Kerr, William R.; Lincoln, William F. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2008
This study evaluates the impact of high-skilled immigrants on US technology formation. Specifically, we use reduced-form specifications that exploit large changes in the H-1B visa program. Fluctuations in H-1B admissions levels significantly influence the rate of Indian and Chinese patenting in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005754945
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The Agglomeration of US Ethnic Inventors
Kerr, William R. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2008
agglomeration of US innovation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual US patent records to explore these trends …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005237019
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Growth through heterogeneous innovations
Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, William R. - 2013
framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in exploration R&D to … regularities regarding innovation and growth differences across the firm size distribution. We also incorporate patent citations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012148199
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The Ethnic Composition of US Inventors
Kerr, William R. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2007
India. Growth in ethnic innovation is concentrated in high-tech sectors; the institutional and geographic dimensions are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818698
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Agglomeration and innovation
Carlino, Gerald A.; Kerr, William R. - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011410123