Great opportunities and radical innovation are most likely to occur at the convergence of two or more technology … streams. A bio-nano sector is emerging from such a convergence and may eventually provide radical innovation and new dominant …, identifying what types of firms are entering, from what knowledge base, where they are located, and their strategic choices in …

contributes to innovation in source countries. We use changes in the labour mobility legislation within Europe as exogenous … variation to establish causality. By analysing patent citation data, we further provide evidence that these positive effects are … driven by knowledge flows that are triggered by emigrants. While skilled migrants are not inventing in their home country …