Does mobility increase the productivity of inventors?

Journal of Technology Transfer

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 212-225

  Hoisl, Karin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inventor; Mobility; Patent; Quantile regression

Indexed keywords

DUMMY VARIABLES; EXPLANATORY VARIABLES; INVENTOR; LABOR MOBILITIES; LEVEL OF EDUCATIONS; PATENT; PERFORMANCE DISTRIBUTION; QUANTILE REGRESSION;

CARRIER MOBILITY;

TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 58549087375     PISSN: 08929912     EISSN: 15737047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10961-007-9068-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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