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:	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
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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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