Measuring the Position and Differentiation of Firms in Technology Space

This website describes data collection, processing, and different open access data files related to measuring the position and differentiation of firms in technology space. The document "0_Data Description Zenodo.pdf" below provides more details. If you use the code or data, please cite the following paper: Arts S, Cassiman B, Hou J (2023). Position and Differentiation of Firms in Technology Space. Management Science 69 (12): 7253-7265. https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.2023.00282 The data matching U.S. public firms to U.S. patents comes from the DISCERN patent database (available from: https://zenodo.org/record/3709084). Please cite the following paper if you use this data: Arora A, Belenzon S, Sheer L (2021) Matching patents to Compustat firms, 1980–2015: Dynamic reassignment, name changes, and ownership structures. Research Policy 50(5):104217.