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Carlino, Gerald A.; Kerr, William R. - 2014

This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the … conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then describe how these factors are frequently measured in the data …, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors that help sustain these …

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Global collaborative patents

Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Kerr, William R. - 2016

We study the prevalence and traits of global collaborative patents for U.S. public companies, where the inventor team is located both within and outside of the United States. Collaborative patents are frequently observed when a corporation is entering into a new foreign region for innovative...

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Centralization and Organization Reproduction : Ethnic Innovation in R&D Centers and Satellite Locations

Kerr, William R. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

We study the relationship between firm centralization and organizational reproduction in satellite locations. For decentralized firms, the ethnic compositions of inventors in satellite locations mostly resemble their host cities, with little link to the inventor composition of their parent...

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The logic of agglomeration

Duranton, Gilles; Kerr, William R. - 2015

This review discusses frontier topics in economic geography as they relate to firms and agglomeration economies. We focus on areas where empirical research is scarce but possible. We first outline a conceptual framework for city formation that allows us to contemplate what empiricists might...

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Heterogeneous technology diffusion and ricardian trade patterns

Kerr, William R. - 2016

Migration and trade are often linked through ethnic networks boosting bilateral trade. This study uses migration to quantify the importance of Ricardian technology differences for international trade. The framework provides the first panel estimates connecting country-industry productivity and...

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Agglomeration and innovation

Carlino, Gerald A.; Kerr, William R. - 2014

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Agglomeration and innovation

Carlino, Gerald A.; Kerr, William R. - 2015

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Agglomeration and innovation

Carlino, Gerald A.; Kerr, William R. - 2014

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Turkish-German innovation networks in the European research landscape

Prostolupow, Irene; Pyka, Andreas; Heller-Schuh, Barbara - 2013

Research networks are regarded as channels for knowledge creation and diffusion and are thus essential for the development and integration of economies. In this paper we have a look at the long Turkish-German-migration history which should offer opportunities for both countries to benefit from...

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Immigration policy levers for U.S. : innovation and startups

Kerr, William R.; Pekkala Kerr, Sari - 2020

reforms that would likely increase the rate of innovation and the number of startups due to immigrants in the country. Key …

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