Regional distribution, mobility and productivity of french prolific inventors

• Authors: Haned, Naciba , Le Bas, Christian

Abstracts

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In this paper we present empirical evidence about some geographical characteristics of French prolific inventors through an analysis of French patents depos- its at the USPTO over a long time period (1975-2002). We found out that they are highly concentrated in the French space around three regional poles (Ile de France, Rhône- Alpes and PACA) and that inter-firms and geographic (regional) mobility is weak. Our estimates show that more mobile inventors (inter-firms) are more productive after con- trolling for effects of geomobility (with other control variables). By contrast, the more geomobile inventors are less productive after controlling for inter-firms’ mobility ef- fects. It means that the geographic dimension of mobility does not bring more effective- ness in the individual process of creativity. We must bear in mind there is a bias of si- multaneity within the relationship productivity/mobility that is not dealt with here.

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Acta Universitatis Lodziensis. Folia Oeconomica
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 252

Dates

published

2011

Contributors

author

Haned, Naciba

author

Le Bas, Christian

Identifiers

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/11089/630