A model of the learning process with local knowledge externalities illustrated with an integrated graphical framework
We present a unified graphical framework accounting for the nature and impact of spillover effects. The dynamics of the learning process with a specific spillover transfer mechanism can be illustrated by referring to this four-quadrant picture. In particular, a whole cycle of technological learning is explained with the help of such a graphical representation of the basic learning process in the presence of knowledge spillovers. We hypothesize two different functional specifications of spillover exchanges among firms within a local innovation system. Each conceivable shape for the knowledge transfer relationship among firms expresses a possible mode and intensity of information processing arising from technology spillovers. A general proposition regarding the relative efficiency of the two alternative formal models with spillover effects is derived. The basic models with spillover effects are then extended in several relevant directions.
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2009
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Authors: | Silva, Mario Alexandre Patricio Martins da |
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Economics of Innovation and New Technology. - Taylor & Francis Journals, ISSN 1043-8599. - Vol. 18.2009, 2, p. 139-160
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Taylor & Francis Journals |
Subject: | learning | knowledge | technology spillovers | knowledge externalities | local innovation systems |
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