Cross-country learning from patents: an analysis of citations flows in innovation trajectories

Carlo Giglio (), Roberto Sbragia (), Roberto Musmanno () and Roberto Palmieri ()
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Carlo Giglio: Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria
Roberto Sbragia: University of São Paulo
Roberto Musmanno: University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci
Roberto Palmieri: University of Calabria, Via Pietro Bucci

Scientometrics, 2021, vol. 126, issue 9, No 25, 7917-7936

Abstract: Abstract This study proposes a methodological approach to investigate cross-country creativity/knowledge flows by analyzing patent citation networks, taking the aircraft, aviation and cosmonautics (AAC) industry as a case study. It aims at shedding some light on the following research questions: (a) how cross-country creative/learning flows can be investigated; (b) have countries of current patent owners benefited from patent acquisitions. In fact, despite the well-established economic interest for (analyzing and forecasting) innovation trajectories, this research area is still unexplored, thus, motivating the need for such study. Over 43,000,000 patents have been analyzed whereby: (a) owners have performed cross-country patent acquisitions; (b) acquired patents (granted within 2005–2009) are cited by subsequent patents (2010–2015). Methodology and results are scalable to other industries and can be exploited by managers and policy makers to: (a) help firms forecasting innovation trajectories; (b) support governments in designing/implementing measures nurturing patented innovations in industries deemed relevant to national interest.

Keywords: Knowledge flows; Creativity flows; Technology diffusion; Patent analysis; Patent citations; Aerospace industry; O30 General; O31 Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives; O32 Management of Technological Innovation and R&D; O33 Technological Change: Choices and Consequences · Diffusion Processes; O34 Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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