Analyzing the comprehensive 35-year patent data set associated with the Detroit auto
cluster we confirm that innovation in clusters can increase in spite of a long-term decline in …

Interest in intellectual property and other institutions that promote innovation exploded
during the 1990s. Innovation and Incentives provides a clear and wide-ranging introduction …

Abstract Research Summary We investigate the implications of the degree assortativity of
intra‐firm networks for firms' innovation performance. We argue that prevalent patterns of …

This study explores the impact of modern patent pools—inter-organizational collaborative
arrangements for promoting the adoption of technology standards—on the rate of follow-on …

Numerous studies in management, sociology, and economics have documented that the
architecture of collaboration networks affects the innovation performance of individuals …

This article investigates the effect of proximity to buyers and suppliers on the local output of
cited patents in the US semiconductor industry. Consistent with Michael Porter's cluster …

We explore how an incumbent firm's internal inventor network configuration influences its
ability to assimilate and absorb new venture technologies. We find that incumbents that have …

Persistent commentary contends that the Patent Office is issuing patents that appropriate
public domain concepts at an alarming frequency. This article describes the forces that have …

In this study, we empirically assess the contributions of inventors and firms for innovation
using a 37-year panel of US patenting activity. We estimate that inventors' human capital is 5 …

We examine the organizational choice and innovative activity of technology conglomerates—
firms that explore different technology fields with heated inventive activity. We develop a …