Knowledge, once generated, spills only imperfectly among firms and nations. We posit that since institutions and labor networks vary by region, there should be regional variations in the localization of spillovers. We investigate the relationship between the mobility of major patent holders and...

Recent research suggests that, due to organizational and relational constraints, firms are limited contextually---both geographically and technologically---in their search for new knowledge. But distant contexts may offer ideas and insights that can be extremely useful to innovation through...

To investigate the conditions under which learning-by-hiring (or the acquisition of knowledge through the hiring of experts from other firms) is more likely, we study the patenting activities of engineers who moved from United States (U.S.) firms to non-U.S. firms. Statistical findings from...