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Micro fluidity and macro stability in inventor networks

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  • Michael Fritsch

    (Friedrich Schiller University Jena, School of Economics and Business Administration)

  • Muhamed Kudic

    (University of Bremen, Faculty of Economics and Business)

Abstract

From a macro perspective, inventor networks are characterized by rather stable structures. However, the high levels of fluidity of inventors and their ties found in reality contradicts this macro pattern. In order to explain these contradicting patterns, we zoom in on the intermediate group structures of co-patenting relationships found among inventors in German laser technology research over a period of 45 years. Our findings suggest that continuity of individual actors is not a key factor in maintaining structural stability of networks. Group level explorations indicate that the successor of an existing key player belonged to the exiting key player's ego-network, indicating that the group level provides a source of stability and functionality to the system.

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  • Michael Fritsch & Muhamed Kudic, 2019. "Micro fluidity and macro stability in inventor networks," Jena Economics Research Papers 2019-004, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
    • Handle: RePEc:jrp:jrpwrp:2019-004
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    1. Mariia Shkolnykova, 2021. "Who shapes plant biotechnology in Germany? Joint analysis of the evolution of co-authors’ and co-inventors’ networks," Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, Springer, vol. 2(1), pages 27-54, April.
    2. Pinto, Pablo E. & Vallone, Andres & Honores, Guillermo, 2019. "The structure of collaboration networks: Findings from three decades of co-invention patents in Chile," Journal of Informetrics, Elsevier, vol. 13(4).
    3. Muhamed Kudic & Matthias Müller & Tobias Buchmann & Andreas Pyka & Jutta Günther, 2021. "Network dynamics, economic transition, and policy design—an introduction," Review of Evolutionary Political Economy, Springer, vol. 2(1), pages 1-8, April.

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    Keywords

    Inventor network; network stability; key player analysis; innovation; laser technology;
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    JEL classification:

    • D22 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Firm Behavior: Empirical Analysis
    • D85 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty - - - Network Formation
    • L23 - Industrial Organization - - Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior - - - Organization of Production
    • O3 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights

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