We’ve just published a new pre-print on ArXiv titled "Inventor Mobility After the Fall of the Berlin Wall" (with Ann Hipp, Bremen & Thünen). Below is a summary of our key findings. We’d greatly appreciate any feedback you may have. doi.org/10.48550/arX...
📌 very interesting paper. Thanks for the clear summary!
Fascinating work. Thanks for sharing. It would be interesting to figure out to what degree inventor mobility (or lack thereof) explains the lasting shadow of the wall in knowledge networks: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
The evolution of knowledge networks has recently received a lot of attention from researchers. Empirical studies have shown that different types of proximities ...
2/ In this study, we examine the mobility of East German inventors after the German reunification in 1990. Despite the potential positive human capital shock for the reunified German economy, only 6.7% of inventors pursued inter-organizational mobility and continued innovating after 1990.
