Taking Organizations Seriously in Understanding the Geography of Invention

Social Sciences

• invention 100%
• firm 77%
• geography 73%
• large city 71%
• patenting rate 68%
• organizational structure 33%
• grant 27%
• employee 23%
• economy 20%
• market 18%
• interaction 15%
• university 15%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• firm 96%
• geography 95%
• organization 72%
• city 55%
• economy of scale 44%
• urban policy 43%
• silicon 29%
• market 23%
• valley 22%
• rate 10%