Invention in the city: Increasing returns to patenting as a scaling function of metropolitan size

Research Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-120

  Bettencourt, Luis M A ^a   Lobo, José ^b   Strumsky, Deborah ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Agglomeration; Network effects; Patenting; Scaling; Urban scale

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

NETWORK EFFECTS; SCALING; URBAN SCALE;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 33846341402     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2006.09.026     Document Type: Article

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