eprintid: 1654
rev_number: 15
eprint_status: archive
userid: 6
dir: disk0/00/00/16/54
datestamp: 2013-08-06 07:40:23
lastmod: 2013-08-06 07:40:23
status_changed: 2013-08-06 07:40:23
type: monograph
metadata_visibility: show
creators_name: Morescalchi, Andrea
creators_name: Pammolli, Fabio
creators_name: Penner, Orion
creators_name: Petersen, Alexander M.
creators_name: Riccaboni, Massimo
creators_id: andrea.morescalchi@imtlucca.it
creators_id: f.pammolli@imtlucca.it
creators_id: orion.penner@imtlucca.it
creators_id: alexander.petersen@imtlucca.it
creators_id: massimo.riccaboni@imtlucca.it
title: Networks of innovators within and across borders. Evidence from patent data
ispublished: pub
subjects: HB
divisions: EIC
full_text_status: public
monograph_type: imt_eic_working_paper
keywords: Geography of knowledge; Networks of Innovators; European integration; Spatial proximity; Crossborder collaboration; Gravity model
abstract: Recent studies on the geography of knowledge networks have documented a negative impact of physical distance and institutional borders upon research and development (R&D) collaborations. Though it is widely recognized that geographic constraints hamper the diffusion of knowledge,
less attention has been devoted to the temporal evolution of these constraints. In this study we use data on patents filed with the European Patent Office (EPO) for 50 countries to analyze the impact of physical distance and country borders on inter-regional links in four different networks over the period 1988-2009: (1) co-inventorship, (2) patent citations, (3) inventor mobility and (4)
the location of R&D laboratories. We find the constraint imposed by country borders and distance decreased until mid-1990s then started to grow, particularly for distance. The intensity of European cross-country inventor collaborations increased at a higher pace than their non-European counterparts until 2004, with no significant relative progress afterwards. Moreover, when analyzing
networks of geographical mobility, multinational R&D activities and patent citations we do not depict any substantial progress in European research integration aside from the influence of common global trends.
date: 2013-07
date_type: published
number: 4
publisher: IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
pages: 33
institution: IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
issn: 2279-6894
citation:   Morescalchi, Andrea and Pammolli, Fabio and Penner, Orion and Petersen, Alexander M. and Riccaboni, Massimo  Networks of innovators within and across borders. Evidence from patent data.  EIC working paper series  #4/2013    IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca    ISSN 2279-6894.      
document_url: http://eprints.imtlucca.it/1654/1/EIC_WP_4_2013.pdf