Disruptive innovation and spatial inequality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10409154 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tom Kemeny (0000-0003-4984-9104, Queen Mary University of London), Sergio G Petralia (0000-0001-5449-2758, Utrecht University, corresponding author), Michael Storper (0000-0002-8354-792X, London School of Economics and Political Science) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 59 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-20 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Regional Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0034-3404 • E-ISSN: 1360-0591 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00343404.2022.2076824 |
| OpenAlex | W4286001156 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 24 |
| References cited | 95 |
Although technological change is widely credited as driving the last 200 years of economic growth, its role in shaping patterns of inequality remains under-explored. Drawing parallels across two industrial revolutions in the United States, this paper provides new evidence of a relationship between highly disruptive forms of innovation and spatial inequality. Using the universe of patents granted between 1920 and 2010 by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), we identify disruptive innovations through their rapid growth, complementarity with other innovations and widespread use. We then assign more and less disruptive innovations to subnational regions in the geography of the United States. We document three findings that are new to the literature. First, disruptive innovations exhibit distinctive spatial clustering in phases understood to be those in which industrial revolutions reshape the economy; they are increasingly dispersed in other periods. Second, we discover that the ranks of locations that capture the most disruptive innovation are relatively unstable across industrial revolutions. Third, regression estimates suggest a role for disruptive innovation in regulating overall patterns of spatial output and income inequality
Business · Complementarity (molecular biology · Disruptive innovation · Economic geography · Economic inequality · Economics · Inequality · Operations management · Parallels · Economic Growth and Productivity · Energy, Environment, Economic Growth · Marketing · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis
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| Citations per year | 8 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |