Are Many Heads Better than Two? Recent Changes in International Technological Collaboration

Johnson, Daniel K. N.; Sneed, Katherine A.

doi:10.2139/ssrn.926629

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Are Many Heads Better than Two? Recent Changes in International Technological Collaboration

Colorado College Working Paper No. 2006-01

10 Pages Posted: 28 Aug 2006

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Daniel K. N. Johnson

Colorado College - Department of Economics and Business; NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Katherine A. Sneed

Colorado College - Department of Economics and Business

Date Written: August 2006

Abstract

There are two counter-intuitive trends in technological collaboration currently at work, making collaborative patent applications less common but where they exist, the collaborations involve more partners. Patent data are used to examine these trends along with the impact of two recent policy changes, including the relevance for particular nations and technologies.

Keywords: patent, collaboration, research, technology, invention, immigration, Homeland Security

JEL Classification: O3

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Johnson, Daniel Kent Neil and Sneed, Katherine A., Are Many Heads Better than Two? Recent Changes in International Technological Collaboration (August 2006). Colorado College Working Paper No. 2006-01, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=926629 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.926629