Innovation Network

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Technological progress builds upon itself, with the expansion of invention in one domain propelling future work in linked fields. Our analysis uses 1.8 million U.S. patents and their citation properties to map the innovation network and its strength. Past innovation network structures are calculated using citation patterns across technology classes during 1975-1994. The interaction of this pre-existing network structure with patent growth in upstream technology fields has strong predictive power on future innovation after 1995. This pattern is consistent with the idea that when there is more past upstream innovation for a particular technology class to build on, then that technology class innovates more.

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• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: CESifo Working Paper ; No. 6173

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives ; Network Formation and Analysis: Theory ; Management of Technological Innovation and R&D ; Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes ; Intellectual Property and Intellectual Capital
• Subject: innovation ; networks ; patents ; growth

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Acemoglu, Daron ; Akcigit, Ufuk ; Kerr, William R.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Center for Economic Studies and ifo Institute (CESifo)
• (where): Munich
• (when): 2016

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/149260