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Les inventeurs prolifiques comme déterminants des performances technologiques des firmes

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  • Christian Le Bas

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The paper draws on the stream of recent literature emphasizing the importance of very productive individuals for explaining firms? innovative performance. Our contribution is threefold: we study the performance of firms in their dominant technological field, we survey all firms and sectors, we use the RTA index as a proxy for firms? technological performance. Our data come from the NBER patenting data set. Our estimations confirm the view that prolific and highly prolific (star) inventors contribute to technological performance in the firms? main technological domain. Our findings show star inventors contribute more than simply prolific inventors to firms? technological performance. JEL Codes: D22, O31, O32

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  • Christian Le Bas, 2016. "Les inventeurs prolifiques comme déterminants des performances technologiques des firmes," Innovations, De Boeck Université, vol. 0(2), pages 119-141.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:inndbu:inno_050_0119
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    Keywords

    prolific inventor; patent; technological performance; dominant technological field;
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    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • O31 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
    • O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D

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