Inventor mobility and the geography of knowledge flows: Evidence from the US biopharmaceutical industry

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 670-682

  Sonmez, Zafer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventor mobility; Knowledge flows; Social network analysis; Spatial proximity; US biopharmaceutical industry

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; KNOWLEDGE; LABOR MOBILITY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL NETWORK; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 85032018109     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scipol/scx001     Document Type: Article

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