Inventor Diasporas and the Internationalization of Technology

Miguelez, Ernest

doi:10.1093/wber/lhw013

Publication: Inventor Diasporas and the Internationalization of Technology

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Date

2018-02-01

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1564-698X

Published

2018-02-01

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Miguelez, Ernest

Abstract

This paper documents the influence of diaspora networks of highly-skilled individuals—that is, inventors—on international technological collaborations. Using gravity models, it studies the determinants of the internationalization of inventive activity between a group of industrialized countries and a sample of developing and emerging economies. The paper examines the influence exerted by skilled diasporas in fostering cross-country co-inventorship as well as R&D offshoring. The study finds a strong and robust relationship between inventor diasporas and different forms of international co-patenting. However, the effect decreases with the level of formality of the interactions. Interestingly, some of the most successful diasporas recently documented—namely, Chinese and Indian ones—do not govern the results.

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“Miguelez, Ernest. 2018. Inventor Diasporas and the Internationalization of Technology. World Bank Economic Review. © Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank. http://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/32164 License: CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO.”