Innovating in the periphery: The impact of local and foreign inventor mobility on the value of Indian patents

Research Policy

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1534-1543

  Alnuaimi, Tufool ^a   Opsahl, Tore ^b   George, Gerard ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DeepMile Networks   (United States)

Author keywords

Emerging economies; Innovation; Inventor mobility; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

EMERGING ECONOMIES; GLOBAL NETWORKS; REGIONAL NETWORKS; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

INNOVATION; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84866323287     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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