The fluidity of inventor networks

Michael Fritsch () and Moritz Zoellner ()
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Moritz Zoellner: Friedrich Schiller University Jena

The Journal of Technology Transfer, 2020, vol. 45, issue 4, No 5, 1063-1087

Abstract: Abstract We investigate the ‘fluidity’, i.e., entry and exit of inventors, as well as changes of their relationships in nine German regions. The levels of entry and exit of inventors are rather high and most links among inventors are only short term. Fluidity of inventors and links leads to some fragmentation of the regional inventor networks but does not significantly affect other network characteristics. Entry of new inventors and growing numbers of links are positively related to the performance of the respective regional innovation system.

Keywords: Innovation networks; R&D cooperation; Division of innovative labor; Patents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D2 D8 O3 R1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/s10961-019-09726-z

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