RESEARCH | Frank van der Wouden

02 Research

Are Chinese cities getting smarter in terms of knowledge and technology they produce?

Are Chinese cities becoming smarter in terms of the knowledge and technologies they produce? For decades, the widely held believe in the...

To what extent do simultaneous innovations occur and are independently from each other?

In this paper we use a novel "persistent keyword framework" to systematically identify innovations in a large corpus containing academic...

Are mobile inventors more productive?

Mobility matters! COVID19 limiting our mobility is very likely to negatively impact the productivity of knowledge workers. David Rigby...

Are complex patents more likely to be collaborated?

Are complex patents more likely to be collaborated and how does the geography of this collaboration look like? In this paper I explore...

Using Machine Learning tools to predict complications after surgery

Can we use supervised machine learning tools to predict, based on pre-surgery characteristics, which patents will have (severe)...

Do specialized cities have different collaboration networks?

Do specialized cities have different collaboration networks than diversified cities? And does this matter for patent production? In this...

Van der Wouden, F. & H. Youn, “Impact of geographical distance on acquiring know-how through scientific collaboration”
Van der Wouden, F. & G. Carnabuci, “Adjacent Possible: explaining technological evolution using long-run patent data”
Van der Wouden, F. “Are Chinese Cities Becoming Smarter in Terms of Knowledge and Technology Production?”

Cortinovis, N. & F. van der Wouden, “Learning in a Creative Industry”
Van der Wouden, F., “What Mechanisms Structure Tie-Formation among U.S. Inventors: Empirical Evidence from U.S. Patents between 1836-1975”
Esposito, C. & F. van der Wouden, “Learning, Fast and Slow: The Returns to Experience and Collaboration for High-Impact Innovation in the United States between 1836 and 1975"
Sebök, M. & C.H.B Van Niftrik, F. van der Wouden, “Using BOLD-CVR to identify Stroke” (Preparing manuscript for Jama Neurology of Circulation)