Inventor Mobility and Technology Spillover

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26780167
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Economic policy
• Research Institution: Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry
• Principal Investigator: Yamauchi Isamu 独立行政法人経済産業研究所, 研究グループ, 研究員 (40548286)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 技術流出 / 発明者 / 流動性 / 特許 / イノベーション

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research examines the determinants and the effects of mobility of Japanese inventors. We find that there exists a knowledge spillover from mobile inventors to stable inventors, which leads to an increase of the productivity of organization. We also find that such effect varies depending on the original productivity of the inventors and the size of organization. Therefore, the mobility-increasing policy should change and focus the target according to its purpose.

Free Research Field

イノベーションの経済学、法と経済学