The determinants of parallel invention: Measuring the role of information sharing and personal interaction between inventors

Kang, Byeongwoo:Rudi Bekkers:Atsushi Ohyama
『Research Policy』 Vol. 53 Issue 10 pp. 1-16 （2024/12/01）

There is abundant evidence that individuals create similar ideas independently at about the same time. While this phenomenon has often been documented, its underlying mechanisms have been understudied empirically. This study investigates two of such mechanisms implied by the theoretical work of Amabile (1983, 1988), Nonaka (1994), and …

The Role of Face-to-face Contact in Innovation: The Evidence from the Spanish Flu Pandemic in Japan

Inoue, Hiroyasu： Kentaro Nakajima： Tetsuji Okazaki： Yukiko Umeno Saito
22-E-026 RIETI Discussion Paper Series （2022/03/01）

National Origin Diversity and Innovation Performance: The Case of Japan

Kang, Byeongwoo: Kaoru Nabeshima
『Scientometrics』 Vol. 126 No. 6 pp. 5333-5351 （2021/04/26）

The debate on whether a team’s diversity influences innovation outcomes has gained attention in literature on innovation. Our study focuses on national origin among vari…

Patent Quality: Towards a Systematic Framework for Analysis and Measurement

Higham, Kyle W.: Gaétan de Rassenfosse: Adam B. Jaffe
No. 27598 NBER Working Paper （2020/09/29）

The 'quality' of novel technological innovations is extremely variable, and the ability to measure innovation quality is essential to sensible, evidence-based policy. Patents, an often vital precursor to a commercialised innovation, share this heterogeneous quality distribution. A pertinent question then arises: How should we define an…