Towards Measuring Disruptive Innovation Across Countries
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| author | Rutzer, Christian Filimonovic, Dragan Macher, Jeffrey T. Weder, Rolf |
| author_facet | Rutzer, Christian Filimonovic, Dragan Macher, Jeffrey T. Weder, Rolf |
| contents | The CD index is a widely used measure of disruptive inventions. Most studies compute it using USPTO data. This creates a puzzle because the US appears less disruptive than European and Asian countries. We show that this largely stems from missing international citations. Using a global citation network, we quantify and correct this bias. The disruptiveness advantage of non-US inventors drops by 64% to 148% of the US baseline mean. The US emerges as a disruption leader over Europe, with Asia's advantage substantially reduced. Globally integrated citation data are essential for credible measurement of disruptive innovation in international contexts. |
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| spellingShingle | Towards Measuring Disruptive Innovation Across Countries Rutzer, Christian Filimonovic, Dragan Macher, Jeffrey T. Weder, Rolf Econometrics The CD index is a widely used measure of disruptive inventions. Most studies compute it using USPTO data. This creates a puzzle because the US appears less disruptive than European and Asian countries. We show that this largely stems from missing international citations. Using a global citation network, we quantify and correct this bias. The disruptiveness advantage of non-US inventors drops by 64% to 148% of the US baseline mean. The US emerges as a disruption leader over Europe, with Asia's advantage substantially reduced. Globally integrated citation data are essential for credible measurement of disruptive innovation in international contexts. |
| title | Towards Measuring Disruptive Innovation Across Countries |
| topic | Econometrics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.17881 |