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Iain M. Cockburn

Iain M. Cockburn

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
51
Citations
28185
World Ranking
1282
National Ranking
773

Overview

Iain M. Cockburn is affiliated with Boston University in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on areas within Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, with notable contributions to subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Management of Technology and Innovation, and Strategy and Management.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics including:

  • Intellectual Property and Patents
  • Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy
  • Innovation Policy and R&D
  • Economic Growth and Productivity
  • Innovation and Knowledge Management
  • Firm Innovation and Growth

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Iain M. Cockburn include:

  • The Role of TRIPS in Encouraging Diffusion of Pharmaceutical Technology to Developing Countries, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Is Distance from Innovation a Barrier to the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence?, 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Is Distance from Innovation a Barrier to the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence?, 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Is Distance from Innovation a Barrier to the Adoption of Artificial Intelligence? ∗, 2025, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Geography Proximity in Markets for Technology, 2025, Academy of Management Proceedings

Iain M. Cockburn collaborates frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Jennifer S. Hunt
  • James Bessen
  • Tim Wilsdon
  • Michele Pistollato
  • Rajini Jayasuriya

The most frequent venues for Iain M. Cockburn's publications are:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Academy of Management Proceedings

Best Publications

  • Measuring competence?: exploring firm effects in pharmaceutical research

    Rebecca Henderson;Iain Cockburn

  • Scale, Scope and Spillovers: The Determinants of Research Productivity in the Pharmaceutical Industry

    Rebecca Henderson;Iain Cockburn

  • Absorptive Capacity, Coauthoring Behavior, and the Organization of Research in Drug Discovery

    Iain M. Cockburn;Rebecca M. Henderson

  • Scale, Scope and Spillovers: The Determinants of Research Productivity in Ethical Drug Discovery

    Rebecca M. Henderson;Iain Cockburn

  • The Economics of Reproducibility in Preclinical Research

    Leonard P. Freedman;Iain M. Cockburn;Timothy S. Simcoe

  • Industry Effects and Appropriability Measures in the Stock Market's Valuation of R&D and Patents

    Iain Cockburn;Zvi Griliches

  • Untangling the Origins of Competitive Advantage

    Iain M. Cockburn;Rebecca M. Henderson;Scott Stern

  • Gone but not forgotten: knowledge flows, labor mobility, and enduring social relationships

    Ajay Agrawal;Iain Cockburn;John McHale

  • Information Technology and Intangible Output: The Impact of IT Investment on Innovation Productivity

    Landon Kleis;Paul Chwelos;Ronald V. Ramirez;Iain Cockburn

  • The anchor tenant hypothesis: exploring the role of large, local, R&D-intensive firms in regional innovation systems

    Ajay Agrawal;Ajay Agrawal;Iain Cockburn;Iain Cockburn

  • The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Innovation

    Iain M. Cockburn;Rebecca Henderson;Scott Stern

  • Opportunity costs and entrepreneurial activity

    Raphael Amit;Eitan Muller;Iain Cockburn

  • The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Innovation: An Exploratory Analysis

    Iain M Cockburn;Rebecca Henderson;Scott Stern

  • Are All Patent Examiners Equal? The Impact of Examiner Characteristics

    Iain M. Cockburn;Samuel Kortum;Scott Stern

  • Characteristics of demand for pharmaceutical products : an examination of four cephalosporins

    Sara Fisher Ellison;Iain Cockburn;Zvi Griliches;Jerry Hausman

  • Scale and scope in drug development: unpacking the advantages of size in pharmaceutical research.

    Iain M Cockburn;Rebecca M Henderson

  • Scale, Scope, and Spillovers: The Determinants of Research Productivity in Drug Discovery

    Rebecca M. Henderson;Iain M. Cockburn

  • Industry Effects and Appropriability Measures in the Stock Markets Valuation of R&D and Patents

    Iain Cockburn;Zvi Griliches

  • Gone But Not Forgotten: Labor Flows, Knowledge Spillovers, and Enduring Social Capital

    Ajay Agrawal;Iain Cockburn;John McHale

  • Entry and Patenting in the Software Industry

    Iain M. Cockburn;Megan J. MacGarvie

  • Generics and New Goods in Pharmaceutical Price Indexes

    Zvi Griliches;Iain Cockburn

  • Racing To Invest? The Dynamics of Competition in Ethical Drug Discovery

    Iain Cockburn;Rebecca Henderson

Frequent Co-Authors

Ajay Agrawal
Ajay Agrawal University of Toronto
Zvi Griliches
Zvi Griliches Harvard University
Arnold M. Epstein
Arnold M. Epstein Harvard University
Samuel Kortum
Samuel Kortum Yale University
Mark Schankerman
Mark Schankerman London School of Economics and Political Science
Murray Z. Frank
Murray Z. Frank University of Minnesota
Richard G. Frank
Richard G. Frank Harvard University

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