contributes to innovation in source countries. We use changes in the labour mobility legislation within Europe as exogenous … driven by knowledge flows that are triggered by emigrants. While skilled migrants are not inventing in their home country … anymore, they contribute to cross-border knowledge and technology diffusion and thus help less advanced countries to catch up …

The need for regional knowledge economies -- Spatial spillovers and knowledge structures -- The role of the metaverse … and the geographical dimension of knowledge management -- Historical Path Dependencies and place-theory in Knowledge … Societies -- The emergence of global knowledge networks and collaboration platforms -- Innovations in Spatial Analysis The …

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