Assessing the impact of brexit on UK-based inventor teams' connectivity

IF 5.9 2区管理学 Q1 MANAGEMENT

Journal of International Management Pub Date : 2024-12-01 DOI:10.1016/j.intman.2024.101202

Julianne Sellin , Vaibhav Mishra

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Abstract

Contemporary events have challenged the idea of an inevitable rise in connectivity. Economic, geopolitical, and regulatory disruptions have led scholars and practitioners to consider the potential implications that a loss of global mobility and connectedness has on the potential for knowledge creation. Although key to this process, the notion of connectivity has seldom been studied along with disruptions. To fill in this gap, this paper intends to investigate the impact of an unprecedented regulatory shock - the 2016 United Kingdom European Union (EU) membership referendum - on UK-based inventor teams' knowledge connectivity. There is considerable literature documenting a negative relationship between the uncertainty generated by disruptions and innovation. We add a complementary and potentially ameliorating effect whereby disruptions increase knowledge connectivity. We review the evidence for the former and discuss potential mechanisms behind the latter. Relying on patent application data from 2009 to 2022, we observe an overall increase in connectivity for teams with at least one inventor based out of the UK after the referendum. Our analysis also suggests an internationalization of UK teams taking precedence over what may have been a more regional focus. We discuss the immediate, and potential long-term implications of this dynamic for UK innovation.

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评估英国脱欧对英国发明家团队连通性的影响

当代事件挑战了连通性必然上升的观点。经济、地缘政治和监管的中断促使学者和从业者考虑全球流动性和连通性的丧失对知识创造潜力的潜在影响。尽管这一过程至关重要，但连通性的概念很少与中断一起研究。为了填补这一空白，本文打算调查一场前所未有的监管冲击——2016年英国欧盟（EU）成员国公投——对英国发明家团队知识连通性的影响。有相当多的文献记录了由破坏和创新产生的不确定性之间的负相关关系。我们添加了一个互补的和潜在的改善效应，即中断增加知识连接。我们回顾了前者的证据，并讨论了后者背后的潜在机制。根据2009年至2022年的专利申请数据，我们观察到，公投后，至少有一名发明人来自英国的团队的连通性总体上有所增加。我们的分析还表明，英国团队的国际化优先于可能更为区域性的关注。我们讨论了这种动态对英国创新的直接和潜在的长期影响。

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Journal of International Management MANAGEMENT-

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期刊介绍： The Journal of International Management is devoted to advancing an understanding of issues in the management of global enterprises, global management theory, and practice; and providing theoretical and managerial implications useful for the further development of research. It is designed to serve an audience of academic researchers and educators, as well as business professionals, by publishing both theoretical and empirical research relating to international management and strategy issues. JIM publishes theoretical and empirical research addressing international business strategy, comparative and cross-cultural management, risk management, organizational behavior, and human resource management, among others.