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International academic mobility and innovation: a literature review

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  • Paulette Siekierski
  • Manolita Correia Lima
  • Felipe Mendes Borini
  • Rafael Morais Pereira

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to conduct a literature review in order to understand the relationship that exists between international academic mobility (IAM) and innovation and its impact on the countries of origin, country of destination and the countries of origin and destination simultaneously of academics. Design/methodology/approach - After analysing 36 articles selected from 15 top journals by way of a systematic review of the literature, the authors located 20 variables, including five related to innovation with a positive, negative or null impact on the countries. Findings - The five innovation proxies identified were: highly qualified human capital”, “attractive research and working conditions”, “patent filing”, “publications” and “research networks”, all related to Science, Technology and Innovation. The results highlight the evidence that the different dimensions of innovation have a differentiated impact on the countries of origin and destination and in both at the same time. Practical implications - Knowing the types of innovation that IAM generates enables governments to invest in scientific, technological, economic and social development to choose the best measures for attracting and retaining academics. For the industry, technological catch-up and highly skilled labour means enhancing competitiveness and capacity building, growth in Research and Development (R&D), the creation of new products, patent filing, increased investments and the expansion of internationalisation. Originality/value - This paper shows that the association between IAM and innovation is differentiated for the countries. Both countries involved in the association receive a positive impact in the publications and research networks. The main impact to countries of origin is the increase of highly qualified human capital. On the other hand, the benefits for the countries of destination concern patent filing, working conditions and an attractive research environment.

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  • Paulette Siekierski & Manolita Correia Lima & Felipe Mendes Borini & Rafael Morais Pereira, 2018. "International academic mobility and innovation: a literature review," Journal of Global Mobility, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 6(3/4), pages 285-298, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:jgmpps:jgm-04-2018-0019
    DOI: 10.1108/JGM-04-2018-0019
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    1. Mary K. Feeney & Heyjie Jung & Timothy P. Johnson & Eric W. Welch, 2023. "U.S. Visa and Immigration Policy Challenges: Explanations for Faculty Perceptions and Intent to Leave," Research in Higher Education, Springer;Association for Institutional Research, vol. 64(7), pages 1031-1057, November.
    2. Vadim N. Gureyev & Nikolay A. Mazov & Denis V. Kosyakov & Andrey E. Guskov, 2020. "Review and analysis of publications on scientific mobility: assessment of influence, motivation, and trends," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 124(2), pages 1599-1630, August.
    3. Le Tan Cuong, 2020. "Students’ readiness for international academic mobility programs: Evidence from Faculty of English Linguistics and Literature, University of Social Sciences and Humanities, VNUHCM," HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE - SOCIAL SCIENCES, HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE, HO CHI MINH CITY OPEN UNIVERSITY, vol. 10(2), pages 52-67.
    4. Iraj Daizadeh, 2020. "Trademark filings and patent application count time series are structurally near-identical and cointegrated: Implications for studies in innovation," Papers 2012.10400, arXiv.org.
    5. Haiying Xu & Wei-Ling Hsu & Teen-Hang Meen & Ju Hua Zhu, 2020. "Can Higher Education, Economic Growth and Innovation Ability Improve Each Other?," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-18, March.
    6. Dan Liu & Siqi Che & Wenzhong Zhu, 2022. "Visualizing the Knowledge Domain of Academic Mobility Research from 2010 to 2020: A Bibliometric Analysis Using CiteSpace," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(1), pages 21582440211, January.
    7. Filippo Marchesani & Francesca Masciarelli, 2022. "Crowdfunding as Entrepreneurial Investment: The Role of Local Knowledge Spillover," Papers 2211.16984, arXiv.org.
    8. Qiongqiong Chen & Yuan Li, 2019. "Mobility, Knowledge Transfer, and Innovation: An Empirical Study on Returned Chinese Academics at Two Research Universities," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 11(22), pages 1-14, November.
    9. Maxim Kotsemir & Ekaterina Dyachenko & Alena Nefedova, 2022. "Mobile young researchers and their non-mobile ‘twins’: who is winning the academic race?," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 127(12), pages 7307-7332, December.

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