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<p>Building on the literature on cities and innovation, we study the relationship between a city’s network centrality and breakthrough innovations. We propose a positive relationship between a city’s centrality and its breakthrough innovation. We also expect cities in developing countries to proportionally benefit more from this relationship. Negative binomial regression analyses with a panel of 62 cities between 1977 and 2014 confirm that a city’s network centrality positively impacts its ability to generate breakthrough innovations. Additionally, we identify that the moderating effect of being in a developing city strengthens this relationship for eigenvector centrality but not for in-degree centrality. We discuss the findings and implications for firms and policymakers and conclude with future research ideas.</p>

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Network Centrality and Breakthrough Innovations in Developing Cities

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    2026年3月13日

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  • Emine Beyza Satoglu,
  • Fernando Sanchez-Henriquez,
  • Andres Velez-Calle,
  • Jessica Rae Salmon,
  • Salma Zaman

摘要

Building on the literature on cities and innovation, we study the relationship between a city’s network centrality and breakthrough innovations. We propose a positive relationship between a city’s centrality and its breakthrough innovation. We also expect cities in developing countries to proportionally benefit more from this relationship. Negative binomial regression analyses with a panel of 62 cities between 1977 and 2014 confirm that a city’s network centrality positively impacts its ability to generate breakthrough innovations. Additionally, we identify that the moderating effect of being in a developing city strengthens this relationship for eigenvector centrality but not for in-degree centrality. We discuss the findings and implications for firms and policymakers and conclude with future research ideas.