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Small worlds in networks of inventors and the role of academics : an analysis of France

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  • Francesco Lissoni

    (GREThA - Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée - UB - Université de Bordeaux - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, KITeS - Knowledge, Internationalization and Technology Studies - Università Bocconi, UniBs - Università degli Studi di Brescia = University of Brescia)

  • Patrick Llerena

    (BETA - Bureau d'Économie Théorique et Appliquée - INRA - Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique - UNISTRA - Université de Strasbourg - UL - Université de Lorraine - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique)

  • Bulat Sanditov

    (MERIT, IMT-BS - DEFI - Département Droit, Économie et Finances - TEM - Télécom Ecole de Management - IMT-BS - Institut Mines-Télécom Business School - IMT - Institut Mines-Télécom [Paris], LITEM - Laboratoire en Innovation, Technologies, Economie et Management (EA 7363) - EESC-GEM - Grenoble Ecole de Management - UEVE - Université d'Évry-Val-d'Essonne - TEM - Télécom Ecole de Management)

Abstract

Using data on patent applications at the European Patent Office, we examine the structural properties of networks of inventors in France in different technologies. We find that the higher the presence of inventors from universities and public research organizations (PROs), the more likely the networks are to exhibit small world properties. University and PRO inventors contribute to reduce average path length insofar they are more mobile (across applicants) than other inventors, thus linking up otherwise disconnected cliques. We achieve these results by implementing an original methodology for detecting small world properties in one-mode projections of two-mode graphs.

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  • Francesco Lissoni & Patrick Llerena & Bulat Sanditov, 2013. "Small worlds in networks of inventors and the role of academics : an analysis of France," Grenoble Ecole de Management (Post-Print) hal-01273279, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:gemptp:hal-01273279
    DOI: 10.1080/13662716.2013.791128
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