“…Rauch and Trindade (2002) and subsequent work highlights the importance of these connections for companies making di¤erentiated products; Saxenian et al (2002) and Saxenian (2006) emphasize how global ethnic connections facilitate fragmented production, modular development, and rapid product cycles; and Kerr (2008) stresses the role of 1 Related work on global teams and mobility for patenting includes Lissoni (2001, 2009), Guellec and Van Pottelsberghe (2001), Gri¢ th, Redding, and Van Reneen (2004), Singh (2005), Maggioni, Nosvelli, and Uberti (2007), Bergek and Bruzelius (2010), Picci (2010), Alnuami, George, andSingh (2012), Huang, HueiRu, andChen (2012), Krishna, Patra, and Bhattacharya (2012), Miguelez (2013), Miguelez and Moreno (2013), Montobbio and Sterzi (2013), Breschi, Lissoni, and Miguelez (2015), and Freeman and Huang (2015).…”