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Chapter 6. Agglomeration and Innovation
Carlino, Gerald; Kerr, William R. - In: Handbook of regional and urban economics : volume 5, (pp. 349-404). 2015
This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the … conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then discuss how these factors are frequently measured in the data … and industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work links to innovation, and we discuss factors that help …
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Agglomeration and innovation
Carlino, Gerald A.; Kerr, William R. - Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia - 2014
research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. The authors first describe the conceptual distinctions … between invention and innovation. They then discuss how these factors are frequently measured in the data and note some …, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and they discuss factors that help sustain these …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010930297
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Growth through Heterogeneous Innovations
Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, William R. - Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania - 2010
framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in exploration R&D to … regularities regarding innovation and growth differences across the firm size distribution. We also incorporate patent citations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008674319
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The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and US Ethnic Invention
Kerr, William R.; Lincoln, William F. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2008
This study evaluates the impact of high-skilled immigrants on US technology formation. Specifically, we use reduced-form specifications that exploit large changes in the H-1B visa program. Fluctuations in H-1B admissions levels significantly influence the rate of Indian and Chinese patenting in...
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The Agglomeration of US Ethnic Inventors
Kerr, William R. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2008
agglomeration of US innovation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual US patent records to explore these trends …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005237019
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Growth through heterogeneous innovations
Akcigit, Ufuk; Kerr, William R. - 2013
framework that contains multiple innovation sizes, multi-product firms, and entry/exit. Firms invest in exploration R&D to … regularities regarding innovation and growth differences across the firm size distribution. We also incorporate patent citations …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012148199
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The Ethnic Composition of US Inventors
Kerr, William R. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2007
India. Growth in ethnic innovation is concentrated in high-tech sectors; the institutional and geographic dimensions are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818698
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Agglomerative Forces and Cluster Shapes
Kominers, Scott Duke; Kerr, William R. - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2010
We model spatial clusters of similar firms. Our model highlights how agglomerative forces lead to localized, individual connections among firms, while interaction costs generate a defined distance over which attraction forces operate. Overlapping firm interactions yield agglomeration clusters...
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Clusters of entrepreneurship
Glaeser, Edward L.; Kerr, William R.; Ponzetto, Giacomo … - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2009
Employment growth is strongly predicted by smaller average establishment size, both across cities and across industries within cities, but there is little consensus on why this relationship exists. Traditional economic explanations emphasize factors that reduce entry costs or raise...
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Clusters of Entrepreneurship
Glaeser, Edward L.; Kerr, William R.; Ponzetto, Giacomo … - Harvard Business School, Harvard University - 2009
Employment growth is strongly predicted by smaller average establishment size, both across cities and across industries within cities, but there is little consensus on why this relationship exists. Traditional economic explanations emphasize factors that reduce entry costs or raise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005049583