The community structure of business establishments and its properties: evidence from joint patent applications
The community structure of business establishments and its properties: evidence from joint patent applications
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商业机构的共同体结构及其属性:联合专利申请的证据
DOI:
10.1007/s40844-018-0116-7
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
0.9
通讯作者:
Inoue Hiroyasu
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作者:
Abhijit Chakraborty;Yuichi Kichikawa;Hiroshi Iyetomi;Takashi Iino;Hiroyasu Inoue;Yoshi Fujiwara;and Hideaki Aoyama;Inoue Hiroyasu
We investigate what properties are associated with knowledge-creating communities. Using unique Japanese patent data and a community-detection method, we separate Japanese business establishments into communities composed of connections through joint patent applications. By comparing actual and random communities, we reveal that communities are similar in the total patents applied for, the total citations, and geographic distance and that they are dissimilar in their knowledge distance. The findings can benefit those who develop collaboration strategies in firms and create government policies to nurture collaborations among business establishments.