Gender-related aspects of invention networks: A firm-level analysis

IF 12 1区管理学 Q1 ENGINEERING, INDUSTRIAL

Technovation Pub Date : 2026-03-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-25 DOI:10.1016/j.technovation.2025.103389

Leila Tahmooresnejad , Ekaterina Turkina

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Abstract

This paper integrates insights from the literature on invention networks, gender, and the sociological literature to analyze differences in how firms participate in man-led and woman-led invention networks. We contribute to the current debate on whether clustering or boundary-spanning network properties are more important for invention by introducing gender as an important factor. We empirically test our hypotheses on a sample of more than 30,000 firms from around the world over time using OECD REGPAT global patent data. Our findings indicate that different network properties are important for firm invention in woman-led and man-led innovation networks. In man-led invention networks, firms strongly benefit from being in a boundary-spanning position and are negatively affected by clustering, whereas in woman-led invention networks, boundary spanning has a less pronounced positive effect, and clustering has a positive rather than negative effect. Our findings have substantial implications for firms and policymakers interested in invention and contribute to the studies of gender and invention networks.

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发明网络的性别相关方面：一个公司层面的分析

本文综合了有关发明网络、性别和社会学文献的见解，分析了企业参与男性领导和女性领导的发明网络的差异。我们通过引入性别作为一个重要因素，为当前关于集群或跨边界网络属性对发明是否更重要的争论做出了贡献。我们使用OECD REGPAT全球专利数据对来自世界各地的30,000多家公司的样本进行了实证检验。研究结果表明，在女性领导和男性领导的创新网络中，不同的网络属性对企业发明具有重要影响。在男性主导的发明网络中，企业从跨越边界的地位中获得了强烈的利益，并受到集群的负面影响；而在女性主导的发明网络中，跨越边界的积极影响不太明显，集群的积极影响大于消极影响。我们的研究结果对对发明感兴趣的公司和政策制定者具有重大意义，并有助于性别和发明网络的研究。

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Technovation 管理科学-工程：工业

CiteScore

15.10

自引率

11.20%

发文量

208

审稿时长

91 days

期刊介绍： The interdisciplinary journal Technovation covers various aspects of technological innovation, exploring processes, products, and social impacts. It examines innovation in both process and product realms, including social innovations like regulatory frameworks and non-economic benefits. Topics range from emerging trends and capital for development to managing technology-intensive ventures and innovation in organizations of different sizes. It also discusses organizational structures, investment strategies for science and technology enterprises, and the roles of technological innovators. Additionally, it addresses technology transfer between developing countries and innovation across enterprise, political, and economic systems.