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Co‐inventor networks and knowledge production in specialized and diversified cities

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  • Frank van der Wouden
  • David L. Rigby

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Research on the US urban system has shown that metropolitan regions with more local and non‐local network ties outperform cities where economic agents are isolated. Yet, little attention is given to the character of the local knowledge base and how that influences network structure. We show that co‐inventor networks differ between cities that produce specialized and diversified knowledge. Models of tie‐formation show inventors in specialized cities value spatial proximity less and cognitive proximity more than inventors in diversified cities as they partner with non‐local inventors. These findings suggest that the influence of social networks on knowledge production is conditioned by the architecture of the local knowledge base. La investigación sobre el sistema urbano de los EE.UU. ha demostrado que el desempeño de las regiones metropolitanas con una mayor concentración de vínculos de redes locales y no locales supera al de las ciudades donde los agentes económicos están aislados. Sin embargo, se presta poca atención al carácter de la base de conocimiento local y a la forma en que esto influye en la estructura de la red. Se demuestra que las redes de co‐inventores difieren entre las ciudades que producen conocimientos especializados y diversificados. Los modelos de formación de vínculos muestran que los inventores de las ciudades especializadas valoran menos la proximidad espacial que la proximidad cognitiva en comparación con los inventores de ciudades diversificadas, a la hora de asociarse con inventores no locales. Estos hallazgos sugieren que la influencia de las redes sociales en la producción de conocimiento está condicionada por la arquitectura de la base de conocimiento local. 米国の都市システムに関する研究により、地域的と非地域的なネットワークの結合を持つ大都市の地域が、経済主体が孤立している都市よりも優れていることが示されている。しかしながら、地域のナレッジベースの特性と、それがネットワークの構造にどのように影響するかについては、ほとんど関心が向けられていない。本稿では、共同発明者のネットワークは、専門的および多様な知識を生み出す都市によって異なることを明らかにする。ネットワークの結合形成のモデルから、専門的都市における発明者は、地元以外の発明者と提携するため、多様な都市における発明者ほどには空間的近接性に価値を認めておらず、また多様な都市における発明者よりも認知的近接性に価値を認めていることが示された。これらの知見から、知識生産に対する社会的ネットワークの影響は、地域のナレッジベースの構造によって条件づけられることが示唆される。

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  • Frank van der Wouden & David L. Rigby, 2019. "Co‐inventor networks and knowledge production in specialized and diversified cities," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 98(4), pages 1833-1853, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:presci:v:98:y:2019:i:4:p:1833-1853
    DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12432
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    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R12 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Size and Spatial Distributions of Regional Economic Activity; Interregional Trade (economic geography)
    • R15 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Econometric and Input-Output Models; Other Methods
    • D83 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
    • D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation

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