To investigate the conditions under which learning-by-hiring (or the acquisition of knowledge through the hiring of experts from other firms) is more likely, we study the patenting activities of engineers who moved from United States (U.S.) firms to non-U.S. firms. Statistical findings from...

Is knowledge localized? Why? This thesis studies the spatial diffusion of technological knowledge through the analysis of patent citations of important semiconductor innovations. The study first examines the variation in the localization of knowledge (a) by country and region and (b) by...