Innovating in the periphery: The impact of local and foreign inventor mobility on the value of Indian patents

• Main Authors: ALNUAIMI, Tufool, OPSAHL, Tore, GEORGE, Gerard
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2012
• Subjects: Emerging economies; Innovation; Inventor mobility; Social network analysis; India; Asian Studies; Business; Strategic Management Policy; Technology and Innovation
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4684; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/5683/viewcontent/InnovatingPeriphery_2012.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We examine the impact of local and foreign labor mobility in India by modeling one regional and one global network, each of which captures the inter-organizational mobility of inventors. Our analysis of the regional network shows that, within India, the productivity of inventors does not improve whe...