Measuring patent's influence on technological evolution: A study of knowledge spanning and subsequent inventive activity

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 508-521

  Corredoira, Rafael A ^a   Banerjee, Preeta M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b Deloitte Services LP   (United States)

Author keywords

Breakthrough invention; Knowledge recombination; Knowledge spanning; Patent data; Quantile regression; Technological trajectory

Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; RAISE DRIVING;

BREAKTHROUGH INVENTION; KNOWLEDGE RECOMBINATION; KNOWLEDGE SPANNING; PATENT DATUM; QUANTILE REGRESSION;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84920654091     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.10.003     Document Type: Article

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