This paper investigates the validity of patent citations as indicators of knowledge flows between business organizations. It compares patent citations with inventors’ assessment of the importance of business organizations as knowledge sources. We find sizeable measurement errors in citation-based indicators, which highlight strategic rationales for citing rather than knowledge transfers.
Corsino, M., Mariani, M., Torrisi, S. (2017). On the measurement of knowledge flows with patent citations. In 2017 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2017 (pp.1-6). Academy of Management [10.5465/AMBPP.2017.123].
On the measurement of knowledge flows with patent citations
Corsino, M;Torrisi, S
2017
Abstract
This paper investigates the validity of patent citations as indicators of knowledge flows between business organizations. It compares patent citations with inventors’ assessment of the importance of business organizations as knowledge sources. We find sizeable measurement errors in citation-based indicators, which highlight strategic rationales for citing rather than knowledge transfers.
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