2 papers
physics.soc-ph2025
Deep versus Broad Technology Search and the Timing of Innovation Impact
Likun Cao, James Evans
This study offers a new perspective on the depth-versus-breadth debate in innovation strategy, by modeling inventive search within dynamic collective knowledge systems, and undersc…
cs.CL2025
Subjective Perspectives within Learned Representations Predict High-Impact Innovation
Likun Cao, Rui Pan, James Evans
Existing studies of innovation emphasize the power of social structures to shape innovation capacity. Emerging machine learning approaches, however, enable us to model innovators'…