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3 - Inventor Data for Research on Migration and Innovation

The Ethnic-Inv Pilot Database

from Part I - The International Mobility of Inventors

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 June 2017

Carsten Fink
Affiliation:
World Intellectual Property Organization
Ernest Miguelez
Affiliation:
GREThA UMR CNRS 5113, Université de Bordeaux
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The International Mobility of Talent and Innovation
New Evidence and Policy Implications
, pp. 73 - 113
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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