Menon, Carlo (2009) Stars and comets: an exploration of the patent universe. SERC Discussion Papers, SERCDP0037. Spatial Economics Research Centre (SERC), London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK.
|
PDF
Download (597Kb) | Preview |
Abstract
The analysis of patent and citation data has become a popular source of evidence on localized knowledge spillovers and innovation. Nevertheless, an aspect has been overlooked: the patent distribution across inventors is extremely skewed, as many inventors register one or a few patents, while a small number of inventors register many patents. To our knowledge, the previous empirical literature has not discussed the different kinds of local innovation from which patents may originate. A first contribution of this paper is therefore to document the issue. A second contribution is to investigate whether patents originating from different scales of innovation are located in different cities. A third contribution - which constitutes the main scope of the paper - is to test whether the concentration of the activity of star inventors is beneficial to the local productivity of other kinds of innovation - namely the ones led by more occasional, and less prolific, inventors.
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
|---|---|
| Official URL: | http://www.spatialeconomics.ac.uk/SERC/publication... |
| Additional Information: | © 2009 Carlo Menon |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | T Technology > T Technology (General) > T201 Patents. Trademarks |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > Spatial Economics Research Centre Collections > Economists Online |
| Rights: | http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm |
| Identification Number: | SERCDP0037 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/33499/ |
Actions (login required)
 |
Record administration - authorised staff only |
