Caragliu, Andrea; Nijkamp, Peter - In: Applied Economics 44 (2012) 11, pp. 1363-1374
We design a conceptual framework for linking two approaches: absorptive capacity and spatial Knowledge Spillovers (KSs …). Regions produce new knowledge, but only part of it is efficiently adopted in the economy; the share of efficiently adopted … capital hamper the capability of regions to fully exploit new knowledge. Results show that a lower regional absorptive …