It is widely recognized that scientific research has a dramatic impact on economies since it is crucial to foster technological knowledge. Today’s migratory movements and concentration of highly educated population and population with high scientific potential in developed countries play an...

In this study, we analyze firms’ membership in R&D (Research and Development) cooperation networks. Our main research hypothesis is that the membership in cooperation networks is related to the degree of the knowledge spillover. The approach focus on both cost symmetry and cost asymmetry. For...

Institutions, crucial for the analysis of how agents deal with uncertainty, have been gaining increasing relevance on the Economic research agenda. In this paper, we analyze the institutional literature that provides insights into different research fields, aiming to explain why this perspective...