Interregional mobility, productivity and the value of patents for prolific inventors in France, Germany and the UK
by William Latham, Christian Le Bas, Jawel Riad Bouklia-Hassane, Dmitry Volodin
International Journal of Foresight and Innovation Policy (IJFIP), Vol. 7, No. 1/2/3, 2011

Abstract: Regional creative resources include inventors. Policies conducive to inventors' productivity or attracting productive inventors promote regional development. We build on prior work on inventor mobility and productivity, analysing German, French and British patents filed in the USA by 7500 'prolific' inventors (15 or more inventions). We measure inventor mobility across regions, companies and technologies. We analyse the relationships among mobility, productivity and value. We find geographic mobility increases inventor productivity in the UK and France but not in Germany and geographic mobility is not related to the value of inventions except in Germany where it has a negative effect.

Online publication date: Sat, 25-Apr-2015

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