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Wesley M. Cohen

National Bureau of Economic Research

89

Works

58,802

Citations

40

h-index

53

i10-index

Research Topics

Innovation Policy and R&D Firm Innovation and Growth Intellectual Property and Patents

Affiliations

Georgia Institute of Technology2014–2014

National Bureau of Economic Research1987–2025

University of North Carolina at Greensboro2014–2014

University of Pittsburgh1983–1983

Duke University1987–2025

Top Works

Absorptive Capacity: A New Perspective on Learning and Innovation

Wesley M. Cohen,Daniel A. Levinthal

199033,991 citations

Innovation and Knowledge Management

Economic Growth and Productivity

Innovation and Learning: The Two Faces of R & D

Wesley M. Cohen,Daniel A. Levinthal

19897,502 citations

Links and Impacts: The Influence of Public Research on Industrial R&D

Wesley M. Cohen,Richard R. Nelson,et al.

20022,261 citations

Protecting Their Intellectual Assets: Appropriability Conditions and Why U.S. Manufacturing Firms Patent (or Not)

Wesley M. Cohen,Richard R. Nelson,et al.

20001,854 citations

Empirical studies of innovation and market structure

Richard C. Levin,Wesley M. Cohen

19891,425 citations

A Reprise of Size and R & D

Wesley M. Cohen,Steven Klepper

19961,228 citations

Firm Size and the Nature of Innovation within Industries: The Case of Process and Product R&D

Wesley M. Cohen,Steven Klepper

19961,172 citations

Innovation and Learning: The Two Faces of R&D

Wesley M. Cohen,Daniel A. Levinthal

19891,007 citations

Fifty Years of Empirical Studies of Innovative Activity and Performance

Wesley M. Cohen

2010969 citations