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apply the general concept of social interactions to the area of the economics of innovation and technological change. In …
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The present paper proposes a new way of thinking regarding the relation between innovation and knowledge using a … order to be transformed in technological innovation. In the Knowledge Flow Percolation Model center, human beings are seen … importance of knowledge flows in innovation …
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networks of collaboration in fostering knowledge diffusion across regions and subsequent innovation. Second, we intend to … within the spatial econometrics toolbox. To do so, we depart from a knowledge production function where regional innovation … intensity is a function not only of the own regional innovation inputs but also external accessible R&D gained through …
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I adopt the distribution dynamics framework to study labor productivity convergence, in the period 1980-1995, among 28 developed and developing countries, in different manufacturing sub-sectors, identified, as according their technological content into Resource Based, Low Technology, Medium...
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This paper identifies the determinants of industrialization in 18 African countries, 1965 to 2018, using various estimators and applying a battery of robustness checks. Industrialization in Africa is driven by historical legacies such as colonialism; geographical factors such as rainfall and...
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role of workplace training will be important. So too will be further measures that support the innovation capacity of the … business sector, including innovation policies that promote the absorptive capacity of firms and do not favour incumbents at …
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We study the interplay between transportation infrastructure, knowledge flows, and innovation. Exploiting historical … variation, we estimate the effect of U.S. interstate highways on regional innovation. We find that a 10% increase in a region …
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We provide a unified framework for quantifying the cross country and cross-sector interactions among trade, innovation … model in which comparative advantage and the stock of knowledge are determined by innovation and diffusion. A reduction in … trade costs induces a re-allocation of comparative advantage in production and innovation across sectors, which translates …
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We provide a unified framework for quantifying the cross-country and cross-sector interactions among trade, innovation … advantage and the stock of knowledge are determined by innovation and diffusion. We calibrate the model to match observed cross …-country and cross-sector heterogeneity in production, innovation efficiency and knowledge spillovers. Our counterfactual analysis …
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In this study we investigate the factors that shape the attitudes of scientists toward starting their own business or working in a private sector firm. The analysis is based on data collected from scientists working in the German Max Planck Society, a research institution devoted to basic...
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