Chapter 38 Knowledge spillovers
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Chapter
Publication Date:
14 Oct 2022
Page Range:
310–316
Collections:
Economics 2022
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839106996.00043
Keywords:
Knowledge spillovers; Knowledge externalities; Knowledge flows; Spillover mechanisms; Increasing returns
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Knowledge spillovers lie at the heart of innovation's contribution to long-term economic growth, and also have important implications for understanding firm behavior and formulating public policy. This chapter surveys the evidence on spillovers among firms, how spillovers interact with geography, and spillovers from scientific research to commercial innovation. It also briefly discusses the evidence on spillover mechanisms.

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Cover Elgar Encyclopedia on the Economics of Knowledge and Innovation
Elgar Encyclopedia on the Economics of Knowledge and Innovation
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Publication Date:
14 Oct 2022
Print ISBN:
9781839106989
eISBN:
9781839106996
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4337/9781839106996
Page Count:
578
Collections:
Economics 2022
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The economics of knowledge and innovation as emerging system properties
Chapter 1 Barriers to innovation
Chapter 2 Blockchain as a new digital paradigm
Chapter 3 Capitalization of knowledge
Chapter 4 "Coevolution" (in innovative economic systems)
Chapter 5 Combinatorial and differentiated knowledge bases - contributions to (regional) innovation studies and policy
Chapter 6 Competent demand
Chapter 7 The contribution of universities to business innovation
Chapter 8 Creative response in economic history
Chapter 9 Defining innovation
Chapter 10 Darwin's ideas and their mixed reception in evolutionary economics
Chapter 11 The economics of clusters
Chapter 12 Economics of knowledge codification
Chapter 13 Economists' analyses of technological change
Chapter 14 Effects of organizational innovation
Chapter 15 Entrepreneurial ecosystems
Chapter 16 Environmental regulation as a stimulus for eco-innovation
Chapter 17 External engagement of academics
Chapter 18 Financing constraints for innovation
Chapter 19 Frugal innovation with the lens of economics analysis
Chapter 20 Green technological change
Chapter 21 High-growth firms
Chapter 22 ICT contribution to growth measurement: do we miss a lot?
Chapter 23 The impact of biomedical innovation on longevity and health
Chapter 24 Induced technological change
Chapter 25 Industrial dynamics
Chapter 26 Innovation and circular economy: an analytical viewpoint
Chapter 27 Innovation persistence
Chapter 28 Innovation policy
Chapter 29 Innovation and trade
Chapter 30 Innovation systems and their contribution to understanding innovation and economic growth
Chapter 31 Innovation and wealth creation
Chapter 32 Intellectual property protection, innovation, and knowledge diffusion
Chapter 33 Intentionality and complexity
Chapter 34 Intentionality and innovation
Chapter 35 International intellectual property agreements and organizations
Chapter 36 Knowledge base, firm performance and innovation networks
Chapter 37 Knowledge externalities and the financing of innovation
Chapter 39 The knowledge spillover theory of entrepreneurship
Chapter 40 Learning, innovation, and economic development by latecomers
Chapter 41 Localized technological change
Chapter 42 Measuring innovation
Chapter 43 National systems of innovation
Chapter 44 Non-R&D innovation
Chapter 45 Patent citations
Chapter 46 Patent fees
Chapter 47 Patent policy and innovation
Chapter 48 Patent systems
Chapter 49 The platform as an organizational innovation for complex systems
Chapter 50 Recombinant knowledge and innovation
Chapter 51 R&D tax incentives
Chapter 52 Research and development subsidies
Chapter 53 Returns to R&D
Chapter 54 Sarewitz-Nelson rules (for innovative choice and technology policy)
Chapter 55 Schumpeterian oligopolistic rivalry
Chapter 56 Scientific ideas and innovative behavior
Chapter 57 Skilled migration and innovation
Chapter 58 Technological capability accumulation
Chapter 59 Technological change and employment
Chapter 60 Technological systems and development blocks
Chapter 61 Technology catch-up
Chapter 62 Towards an idea-led theory of thefirm
Chapter 63 Training and innovation
Chapter 64 Value chain perspectives on innovation-to-performance linkages
Chapter 65 Venture capital finance of innovation
Chapter 66 What prevents spillovers from the pool of knowledge?
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