TY  - JOUR
AU  - Zucker,Lynne G.
AU  - Darby,Michael R.
AU  - Furner,Jonathan
AU  - Liu,Robert C.
AU  - Ma,Hongyan
TI  - Minerva Unbound: Knowledge Stocks, Knowledge Flows and New Knowledge Production
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 12669
PY  - 2006
Y2  - November 2006
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w12669
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w12669.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Lynne G. Zucker
Departments of Sociology & Public Policy
UCLA
Box 951551
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1551
Tel: 310/825-9155
Fax: 310/454-2748
E-Mail: zucker@ucla.edu

Michael R. Darby
John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management
University of California, Los Angeles
110 Westwood Plaza, Box 951481
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1481
Tel: 310/825-4180
Fax: 310/454-2748
E-Mail: michael.r.darby@anderson.ucla.edu

Jonathan Furner
Department of Information Studies
UCLA  Box 951520
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1520
E-Mail: jfurner@ucla.edu

Robert C. Liu
Two California Plaza
350 S. Grand Ave. – Suite 200
Los Angeles, California 90071-3462
E-Mail: robcliu@ucla.edu

Hongyan Ma
Department of Information Studies
UCLA Box 951520
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1520
E-Mail: hym@ucla.edu
AB  - The rate of regional growth of new knowledge in the field of nanotechnology, as measured by counts of articles and patents in the open-access digital library NanoBank, is shown to be positively affected both by the size of existing regional stocks of recorded knowledge in all scientific fields, and the extent to which tacit knowledge in all fields flows between institutions of different organizational types. The level of federal funding has a large, robust impact on both publication and patenting. The data provide further support for the cumulative advantage model of knowledge production, and for ongoing efforts to institutionalize channels through which cross-organizational collaboration may be achieved.
ER  -