The determinants of co-inventor tie formation: proximity and network dynamics

Lorenzo Cassi and Anne Plunket

No 1015, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: This paper investigates the determinants of co-inventor tie formation using micro-data on genomic patents from 1990 to 2006 in France. We consider in a single analysis the relational and proximity perspectives that are usually treated separately. In order to do so, we analyse the determinants of network ties that occur within existing components and between two distinct components (i.e. bridging ties). We test the argument that formation of these two different types of ties results from distinct strategies in accessing resources. Doing so, we contrast network and proximity determinants of network formation and we investigate if social network allows economic actors to cross over geographical, technological and organizational boundaries.

Keywords: Social networks; relational perspective; proximity; co-patenting; network formation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D85 O31 R12 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 36 pages
Date: 2010-11, Revised 2010-11
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ipr, nep-pr~, nep-net and nep-soc
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Working Paper: The determinants of co-inventor tie formation: proximity and network dynamics (2010)
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