Corpus ID: 59579689

Collaborative knowledge creation: Evidence from Japanese patent data

@inproceedings{Mori2018CollaborativeKC,
  title={Collaborative knowledge creation: Evidence from Japanese patent data},
  author={T. Mori and Shosei Sakaguchi},
  year={2018}
}

• T. Mori, Shosei Sakaguchi
• Published 2018
• Economics, Business

In this paper, we quantitatively characterize the mechanism of collaborative knowledge creation at the individual researcher level a la Berliant and Fujita(2008) by using Japanese patent data. The key driver for developing new ideas is found to be the exchange of differentiated knowledge among collaborators. To stay creative, inventors seek opportunities to shift their technological expertise to unexplored niches by utilizing the differentiated knowledge of new collaborators in addition to… Expand

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