Inventor Diasporas and the Internationalization of Technology

This paper documents the influence of diaspora networks of highly-skilled individuals -- that is, inventors -- on international technological collaborations. Using gravity models, it studies the determinants of the internationalization of inventive...

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Main Author: Miguelez, Ernest
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:
SAN
R&D
ICT
WAR
LAN
IT
AT
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26172212/inventor-diasporas-internationalization-technology
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spelling okr-10986-241622021-04-23T14:04:19Z Inventor Diasporas and the Internationalization of Technology Miguelez, Ernest COMMUNITIES IMMIGRANT CORRELATION MATRIX ECONOMIC GROWTH BRAIN DRAIN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY SKILLED WORKERS INVENTIONS DATA SOURCES CAPABILITY SOCIAL RESEARCH LEVELS OF EDUCATION COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN INFORMATION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IMMIGRANTS HEALTH CARE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS RETURNEES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS POLICY DISCUSSIONS SYSTEM SAN PUBLICATIONS SKILLED MIGRANTS CODES BUSINESS RELATIONS POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OPEN ACCESS KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION LEGAL FRAMEWORKS ROBUSTNESS ANALYSES PUBLIC POLICY INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION LABOR MARKET GLOBAL ECONOMY DIASPORA NETWORKS TRAINING HOST COUNTRIES PRODUCTIVITY GLOBALIZATION MIGRATION FINANCIAL FLOWS MIGRATION DATA E-MAIL ADDRESS MIGRANTS DATABASES PHYSICAL DISTANCE RULE OF LAW INVENTORS RESPECT PROGRESS TRANSACTIONS MIGRATION FLOWS TECHNOLOGY R&D TRANSACTION HUMAN CAPITAL MIGRANT NATIONAL BOUNDARIES COMPUTING MARKET POTENTIAL INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL TRADE IMMIGRATION LAWS RESULTS POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT ALGORITHMS GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS SYSTEMS NATIONAL BORDERS NETWORKS WORKSHOP COUNTRY OF DESTINATION SOCIAL SCIENCE PUBLIC DEBATE INTERNATIONALISATION POPULATIONS TEMPORARY MIGRATION NATIONALS POLICY ADMINISTRATION TERTIARY LEVEL INVENTION RESULT INNOVATION POLICY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ICT DATA MODELS UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS LEVEL OF EDUCATION CITIZENSHIP SIMULATION SILICON ENGINEERING WAR BUSINESSES BUSINESS NETWORK HOST COUNTRY CENSUSES R & D PERFORMANCE TREATY IMMIGRATION LAN INNOVATION POPULATION INSTITUTION IT WORLD TRADE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY COMMUNICATION NEW TECHNOLOGY POLICY RESEARCH AT PRIMARY EDUCATION SOCIAL CHANGE HOME COUNTRIES CUSTOMERS DATABASE COUNTRY OF ORIGIN REMITTANCES PROFITS INTERNATIONALIZATION TECHNOLOGIES SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION MISSING DATA MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT POLICY TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING NANOTECHNOLOGY This paper documents the influence of diaspora networks of highly-skilled individuals -- that is, inventors -- on international technological collaborations. Using gravity models, it studies the determinants of the internationalization of inventive activity between a group of industrialized countries and a sample of developing and emerging economies. The paper examines the influence exerted by skilled diasporas in fostering cross-country co-inventorship as well as R&D offshoring. The study finds a strong and robust relationship between inventor diasporas and different forms of international co-patenting. However, the effect decreases with the level of formality of the interactions. Interestingly, some of the most successful diasporas recently documented -- namely, Chinese and Indian ones -- do not govern the results. 2016-04-26T20:45:04Z 2016-04-26T20:45:04Z 2016-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26172212/inventor-diasporas-internationalization-technology http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24162 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7619 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
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topic COMMUNITIES
IMMIGRANT
CORRELATION MATRIX
ECONOMIC GROWTH
BRAIN DRAIN
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY
SKILLED WORKERS
INVENTIONS
DATA SOURCES
CAPABILITY
SOCIAL RESEARCH
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
INFORMATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
IMMIGRANTS
HEALTH CARE
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
RETURNEES
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
SYSTEM
SAN
PUBLICATIONS
SKILLED MIGRANTS
CODES
BUSINESS RELATIONS
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
OPEN ACCESS
KNOWLEDGE
TRANSLATION
LEGAL FRAMEWORKS
ROBUSTNESS ANALYSES
PUBLIC POLICY
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
LABOR MARKET
GLOBAL ECONOMY
DIASPORA NETWORKS
TRAINING
HOST COUNTRIES
PRODUCTIVITY
GLOBALIZATION
MIGRATION
FINANCIAL FLOWS
MIGRATION DATA
E-MAIL ADDRESS
MIGRANTS
DATABASES
PHYSICAL DISTANCE
RULE OF LAW
INVENTORS
RESPECT
PROGRESS
TRANSACTIONS
MIGRATION FLOWS
TECHNOLOGY
R&D
TRANSACTION
HUMAN CAPITAL
MIGRANT
NATIONAL BOUNDARIES
COMPUTING
MARKET POTENTIAL
INSPECTION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
IMMIGRATION LAWS
RESULTS
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
ALGORITHMS
GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
SYSTEMS
NATIONAL BORDERS
NETWORKS
WORKSHOP
COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
SOCIAL SCIENCE
PUBLIC DEBATE
INTERNATIONALISATION
POPULATIONS
TEMPORARY MIGRATION
NATIONALS
POLICY
ADMINISTRATION
TERTIARY LEVEL
INVENTION
RESULT
INNOVATION POLICY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ICT
DATA MODELS
UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
CITIZENSHIP
SIMULATION
SILICON
ENGINEERING
WAR
BUSINESSES
BUSINESS
NETWORK
HOST COUNTRY
CENSUSES
R & D
PERFORMANCE
TREATY
IMMIGRATION
LAN
INNOVATION
POPULATION
INSTITUTION
IT
WORLD TRADE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
COMMUNICATION
NEW TECHNOLOGY
POLICY RESEARCH
AT
PRIMARY EDUCATION
SOCIAL CHANGE
HOME COUNTRIES
CUSTOMERS
DATABASE
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
REMITTANCES
PROFITS
INTERNATIONALIZATION
TECHNOLOGIES
SECONDARY EDUCATION
TERTIARY EDUCATION
MISSING DATA
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING
NANOTECHNOLOGY
spellingShingle COMMUNITIES
IMMIGRANT
CORRELATION MATRIX
ECONOMIC GROWTH
BRAIN DRAIN
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
INTERNATIONAL MOBILITY
SKILLED WORKERS
INVENTIONS
DATA SOURCES
CAPABILITY
SOCIAL RESEARCH
LEVELS OF EDUCATION
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
INFORMATION
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
IMMIGRANTS
HEALTH CARE
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
RETURNEES
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
ROBUSTNESS ANALYSIS
POLICY DISCUSSIONS
SYSTEM
SAN
PUBLICATIONS
SKILLED MIGRANTS
CODES
BUSINESS RELATIONS
POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT
OPEN ACCESS
KNOWLEDGE
TRANSLATION
LEGAL FRAMEWORKS
ROBUSTNESS ANALYSES
PUBLIC POLICY
INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
LABOR MARKET
GLOBAL ECONOMY
DIASPORA NETWORKS
TRAINING
HOST COUNTRIES
PRODUCTIVITY
GLOBALIZATION
MIGRATION
FINANCIAL FLOWS
MIGRATION DATA
E-MAIL ADDRESS
MIGRANTS
DATABASES
PHYSICAL DISTANCE
RULE OF LAW
INVENTORS
RESPECT
PROGRESS
TRANSACTIONS
MIGRATION FLOWS
TECHNOLOGY
R&D
TRANSACTION
HUMAN CAPITAL
MIGRANT
NATIONAL BOUNDARIES
COMPUTING
MARKET POTENTIAL
INSPECTION
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
IMMIGRATION LAWS
RESULTS
POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPER
FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT
ALGORITHMS
GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS
SYSTEMS
NATIONAL BORDERS
NETWORKS
WORKSHOP
COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
SOCIAL SCIENCE
PUBLIC DEBATE
INTERNATIONALISATION
POPULATIONS
TEMPORARY MIGRATION
NATIONALS
POLICY
ADMINISTRATION
TERTIARY LEVEL
INVENTION
RESULT
INNOVATION POLICY
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ICT
DATA MODELS
UNIQUE IDENTIFIERS
LEVEL OF EDUCATION
CITIZENSHIP
SIMULATION
SILICON
ENGINEERING
WAR
BUSINESSES
BUSINESS
NETWORK
HOST COUNTRY
CENSUSES
R & D
PERFORMANCE
TREATY
IMMIGRATION
LAN
INNOVATION
POPULATION
INSTITUTION
IT
WORLD TRADE
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
COMMUNICATION
NEW TECHNOLOGY
POLICY RESEARCH
AT
PRIMARY EDUCATION
SOCIAL CHANGE
HOME COUNTRIES
CUSTOMERS
DATABASE
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
REMITTANCES
PROFITS
INTERNATIONALIZATION
TECHNOLOGIES
SECONDARY EDUCATION
TERTIARY EDUCATION
MISSING DATA
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING
NANOTECHNOLOGY
Miguelez, Ernest
Inventor Diasporas and the Internationalization of Technology
relation Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7619
description This paper documents the influence of diaspora networks of highly-skilled individuals -- that is, inventors -- on international technological collaborations. Using gravity models, it studies the determinants of the internationalization of inventive activity between a group of industrialized countries and a sample of developing and emerging economies. The paper examines the influence exerted by skilled diasporas in fostering cross-country co-inventorship as well as R&D offshoring. The study finds a strong and robust relationship between inventor diasporas and different forms of international co-patenting. However, the effect decreases with the level of formality of the interactions. Interestingly, some of the most successful diasporas recently documented -- namely, Chinese and Indian ones -- do not govern the results.
format Working Paper
author Miguelez, Ernest
author_facet Miguelez, Ernest
author_sort Miguelez, Ernest
title Inventor Diasporas and the Internationalization of Technology
title_short Inventor Diasporas and the Internationalization of Technology
title_full Inventor Diasporas and the Internationalization of Technology
title_fullStr Inventor Diasporas and the Internationalization of Technology
title_full_unstemmed Inventor Diasporas and the Internationalization of Technology
title_sort inventor diasporas and the internationalization of technology
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26172212/inventor-diasporas-internationalization-technology
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24162
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