Intellectual Returnees as Drivers of Indigenous Innovation : Evidence from the Chinese Photovoltaic Industry
Siping Luo, Mary E. Lovely, David Popp
We offer new evidence on indigenous innovation and intellectual returnees by estimating the relationship between patenting by Chinese photovoltaic firms and the presence of corporate leaders with international experience. Our research approach combines data from three sources: the industrial census, international and domestic patent records, and leadership biographical information. Using nonlinear methods, we find robust evidence that returnees positively influence patenting activity and also promote neighboring firm innovation. We find no tendency for export intensive firms to patent more. Controlling for R&D expenditures, we find that firms with returnees in leadership roles have more patents
Year of publication: |
October 2013
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Authors: | Luo, Siping |
Other Persons: | Popp, David (contributor) ; Lovely, Mary E. (contributor) |
Institutions: | National Bureau of Economic Research (contributor) |
Publisher: |
Cambridge, Mass : National Bureau of Economic Research |
Subject: | Innovation | China | Photovoltaik | Photovoltaics | Patent | Sonnenenergie | Solar energy | Rückwanderung | Return migration | Auslandsaufenthalt | Expatriate assignment | Brain Drain | Brain drain |
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freely available
Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource |
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Series: | NBER working paper series ; no. w19518 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Mode of access: World Wide Web System requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files Hardcopy version available to institutional subscribers. |
Other identifiers: | 10.3386/w19518 [DOI] |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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