patent records linked to census data. We document that the rise of innovation during Sweden's industrialization can largely … entry, innovation was a path to upward mobility. …This paper examines the identity and origins of Swedish inventors prior to World War I drawing on the universe of …

Purpose This paper aims to study the impact of CEOs' cultural background on corporate innovation. The paper constructs …' patents and citations. The study aims to shed light on the interaction of culture and corporate decisions and focuses on the … role of top managers. The paper also investigates the mechanism of how top management can affect corporate innovation …

microdata. We find that invention and manufacturing developed similarly in cities closer to and farther from universities in the … international awards for innovation were higher near universities. …

Collaboration over distance is difficult to maintain in innovation projects which require a great deal of regional … collaboration. However, patent documents reveal that a number of inventor teams are able to overcome long distances. Earlier … literature started to investigate factors, which increase the probability of long-distance innovation co-operation. The paper at …

distance between inventors for patents invented in collaboration and give insights into the distance' s change over a time … period of 14 years. The distance between collaborating inventors of corporate patents exceeds that of inventors of academic …The paper compares academic and corporate patents in Germany to shed light on the geographical distribution of the …