Knowledge as a Driver of Regional Growth in the Russian Federation

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Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Acronyms, Symbols and Variables; Acronyms; Symbols; Variables; 1 Introduction; References; 2 Regional Layout of the Russian Federation; 2.1 Geographic Structure; 2.2 Regional Resource Endowments; 2.3 Political Structure; 2.4 Ethnographical Religious Structure; 2.4.1 Ethnographical Structure; 2.4.2 Religious Structure; 2.5 Metropolitan Structure; 2.6 Transport Infrastructure; References; 3 Relevant Economic Terms and Concepts in a Russian Context; 3.1 Economic Growth; 3.1.1 Definition and Measurement Concepts; 3.1.2 Regional Price Levels

3.1.3 Economic Convergence3.1.4 Employed Data Sources; 3.2 Knowledge, Human Capital, Patents and Spillovers; 3.2.1 Definitions and Measurement Concepts; 3.2.1.1 Knowledge; 3.2.1.2 Human Capital; 3.2.1.3 Patents; 3.2.2 Knowledge Generation; 3.2.3 Channels of Knowledge Transfer; 3.2.3.1 Knowledge Transfer as a Communication Process; 3.2.3.2 Codification and Codified Knowledge Spillovers; 3.2.3.3 Tacit Knowledge Spillovers; 3.2.3.4 Direct Investment; 3.2.3.5 Foreign Trade; 3.2.3.6 Institutions of Knowledge Generation and Transfer; 3.2.4 National and Regional Innovation Systems

3.2.5 Employed Data Sources3.3 Innovation and Innovativeness; 3.3.1 Definition; 3.3.2 Effects on Growth; 3.4 Entrepreneurship, Spin-Offs and Small Enterprises; 3.4.1 Definitions and Measurement Concepts; 3.4.2 Theoretical Aspects of the Formation of Enterprises; 3.4.3 Financial Intermediation and New Enterprises; 3.4.4 Employed Data Sources; 3.5 Cluster; 3.5.1 Definition and Measurement Concepts; 3.5.2 Approaches on Cluster Development; 3.5.3 Cluster Initiatives; 3.5.4 Employed Data Sources; 3.6 Institutions and the Absorptive Capacity; 3.6.1 Definitions and Measurement Concepts

3.6.2 Absorptive Capacity as a Prerequisite to Growth3.6.3 Determining the Absorptive Capacity of the Russian Federation; 3.6.4 Employed Data Sources; References; 4 Growth Theoretical Aspects; 4.1 Relevant Aspects of Neoclassical Growth Theory; 4.2 Approaches on the Solow Residual and Additional Aspects of Economic Growth Theory; 4.2.1 New Growth Theory; 4.2.1.1 Ramsey-Cass-Koopmans Model; 4.2.1.2 Arrow's Learning by Doing Approach; 4.2.1.3 The Romer Model; 4.2.1.4 The Rebelo Model; 4.2.1.5 The Lucas Model; 4.2.1.6 The Aghion-Howitt-Model; 4.2.1.7 The Ricardo-Pasinetti Model

4.2.2 Evolutionary Economics4.2.2.1 Basics of Evolutionary Economics; 4.2.2.2 Schumpeters Contribution to Evolutionary Economics; 4.2.2.3 Evolutionary Growth Theories; 4.2.3 Relevant Aspects of the Theory of Growth Poles; 4.2.4 Cluster Theory; 4.2.5 New Economic Geography; References; 5 Methodology; 5.1 Knowledge Production Function; 5.1.1 Traditional Approach; 5.1.2 The Extended Knowledge Production Function; 5.2 Spillovers; 5.2.1 Bottazzi and Peri's Extended Knowledge Production Function; 5.2.2 Patent Citations; 5.2.3 Inventor Mobility; 5.2.4 Spatial Autocorrelation

5.3 Spatial Autoregressive Models

10.1007/978-3-642-40279-1 [DOI]

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