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Does Mobility Increase the Productivity of Inventors?

Hoisl, Karin - 2007

inventors has so far hardly discussed the impact of a move on inventive performance. Additionally, existing research has … different points of the performance distribution. Additionally, dummy variables are used to compare inventive performance prior … and in the aftermath of a move. Results reveal that inventors at the upper end of the performance distribution are better …

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Tracing Mobile Inventors – The Causality between Inventor Mobility and Inventor Productivity

Hoisl, Karin - 2006

This paper analyzes the causality between inventor productivity and inventor mobility. The results show that the level of education has no influence on inventor productivity. Making use of external sources of knowledge, on the contrary, has a significant effect on productivity. Finally, firm...

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The Influence of Strategic Patentingon Companies Patent Portfolios

Blind, Knut; Cremers, Katrin; Mueller, Elisabeth - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung <Mannheim> - 2007

This paper analyses whether strategic motives for patenting influence the characteristics ofcompanies patent portfolios. We use the number of citations and oppositions to representthese characteristics. The investigation is based on survey and patent data from German companies.We find clear...

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