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Innovation Networks and Business-Stealing

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  • Aghion, Philippe
  • Jackson, Matthew O.
  • Mayerowitz, Antoine
  • Tagade, Abhijit

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We use the universe of US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) data on patents and inventors from 1976 to 2017 to look at how inventors’ potential concern for business-stealing affects coauthorship on patents. First, we find an inverted-U shape in the fraction of coauthors that an inventor has per year who are new as a function number of other inventors also working in an inventor's field. Second, we find that after a breakthrough invention, an inventor brings in persistently fewer than usual new coauthors. Third, a higher potential concern for business stealing—as measured either by the number of others working or the average price markups by firms in the area—leads to a higher drop in the fraction of new co-authors per patent after a breakthrough. We show how these patterns can be explained via a simple model in which inventors trade off gains from collaboration against threats of business stealing.

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  • Aghion, Philippe & Jackson, Matthew O. & Mayerowitz, Antoine & Tagade, Abhijit, 2023. "Innovation Networks and Business-Stealing," CEPR Discussion Papers 17911, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    • Handle: RePEc:cpr:ceprdp:17911
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    Keywords

    Innovation; Business stealing; Collaboration;
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    JEL classification:

    • D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation
    • L14 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Transactional Relationships; Contracts and Reputation

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