Frank van der Wouden

Assist. Professor - Innovation Studies & Economic Geography @ University of Hong Kong /
Innovation, collaboration, tech & geography / ex- @UCLA & @KelloggSchool

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Do collaborators learn more when they are co-located?

Yes! They are 57% more likely to learn!

In this Research Policy paper, @hyejin_youn & I track the careers of 1.6m #scholars between 1975-2018.

We find the following...

https://t.co/Al62SO9y5r

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@DongmiaoZhang @pa_balland @morrisonXandrea @rodriguez_pose @KFrenken @CCastaldi @Davide_Consoli Congratulations, Dr Zhang!! Well done!!

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@morrisonXandrea @RSAEurope Love the research and the sweater!

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@joshua_a_becker Fantastic news!! Congratulations, Joshua!!

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@mrfrank5790 @Walmart @YoungjinYoo Fantastic! What a cool project!

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When #inventors gain experience, they fall behind the #knowledge frontier of their field & are less likely to produce high-impact #patents.

... but when they #collaborate, this is reversed!

Presenting today, with @esposito_ch at @ICSSIConference
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@HKUniversity
@uclaanderson

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@iammaxnathan Bravo! Congratulations, Max. Well deserved.

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@K_J_Schaefer Awesome!! Congrats, Kerstin!!

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Very cool!

Kellogg Insight (@KelloggSchool) featured our Research Policy study.

People learn less when #collaborating across distance.

How does this relate to work-from-home #wfh?

Together with @hyejin_youn.

@HKUniversity @HKUFB
@HKUgeography

https://t.co/ZVV4VtGlA1

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The inventor gender gap in particpation in China has decreased of recent.
This, however, has not prevented #inventor collaboration across the gender divide from rising.
And there are huge variations by city.
Z. Zhang & @fvanderwouden on #women inventors in #China at #GeoInno2024

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@yian_yin @ForbesUnder30 @Forbes @CornellCIS @CornellInfoSci @KelloggCSSI Bravo, @yian_yin . Well deserved!!

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@estebanmoro @NUnetsi @Northeastern What wonderful news!! Congrats, Esteban!! 🥳

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@iammaxnathan Great! More collaborative learning!! 🙂

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@UrbanAdler @jessesingal How quiet do you want it to be? Like, boring quiet? Or do you still want to have easy access to restaurants and bars?

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@willhayward_nz Can't wait to run this! Probably not in the insane Hong Kong summer heat, though. Only for crazies!

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@joshua_a_becker So cool, Joshua!!👍👍

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@maxabuchholz @UAAnews Fantastic, Max!!

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@K_J_Schaefer @UUGeo Congratulations, Kerstin! 🥳🥳

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@MohHosseinioun @HarvardGrwthLab @hyejin_youn Have fun!

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@sandor_juhasz @CSHVienna @MSCActions Sandor "el Mago". Got a good ring to it!

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@iammaxnathan @hyejin_youn Ooh, that is wonderful, Max. Thank you so much for your excellent comments (I think I know which ones were yours). I learned a bunch!