This chapter intends to demonstrate that the Stockholm region is the key centre for knowledge development, innovations … tasks associated with a job. Moreover, the knowledge intensity of an ur-ban region can be related to the absorption capacity … creative ideas and a larger absorptive capacity. This allows the Stockholm region to function as a source of innovation and …

and drivers of innovation, technology and knowledge. The role of absorptive capacity and knowledge flows between economic … multinationals contribute to innovation, technology and knowledge dispersion. The distribution of knowledge investments is uneven …This paper outlines a set of fundamental changes in the global economy that have altered the nature of the innovation …

. Implementing a dynamic panel data approach on Swedish micro data, we test the separate and complementary effect of innovation and … spillovers from the local milieu. Measuring potential knowledge spillover by access to knowledge intensive services, the … estimation results produce strong evidence of differences in the capacity to benefit from external knowledge among persistent …

This paper applies a CDM-model framework to depict the successive links (correlations) between (i) innovation … expenditure, (ii) innovation output, and (iii) firm productivity. The CDM model has become popular in many countries among … scholars using data from the Community Innovation Survey (CIS). First, the study contrasts a general structural OECD version of …

outperformed by domestic multinationals in R&D and innovation engagement. Finally, the results on labor productivity are at …

generally outperformed by domestic multinationals in R&D and innovation engagement. Third, despite the fact that domestic … multinationals are considerably more involved in national innovation systems than other firms, they are not producing more innovation …

trade, urban formation and growth as well as innovation processes. A variety of contributions has brought about an equally …