Antonelli, Cristiano; Patrucco, Pier Paolo; Quatraro, … - Laboratorio di Economia dell'Innovazione "Franco … - 2008
This paper articulates the hypothesis that there is an optimal size of knowledge pools. Too little a density of … innovation activities reduces the accessibility of external knowledge. Too large a density enhances congestion and reduces …-exhaustibility of knowledge only when the size of innovation networks is comprised between the two extremes. The empirical evidence …