on effects of prefecture traits on entry rates, and in particular on effects of prefecture knowledge capital stocks on R …&D-intensive new business formation. In line with literature on knowledge spillovers, we find extensive evidence of a positive … prefecture knowledge capital stock effect on R&D-intensive NBF rates, whereas knowledge capital stocks do not predict non R …

This chapter focuses on the geographic dimensions of knowledge spillovers. The starting point comes from the economics … of innovation and technological change. This tradition focused on the innovation production function however it was … aspatial or insensitive to issues involving location and geography. However, empirical results hinted that knowledge production …