This paper deals with the relationship between knowledge, innovation and regional growth. The study is carried out … regression can be used for the identi...cation of spatial patterns. In this respect, we ...find a cluster of innovation …

This paper attempts to analyze the impact of knowledge and knowledge spillovers on regional total factor productivity … (TFP) in Europe. Regional patent stocks are used as a proxy for knowledge, and TFP is measured in terms of a superlative … periods. In order to estimate the impact of knowledge stocks we use a spatial autoregressive model with random effects, which …

This paper aims to identify the contribution of knowledge capital and its determinant - human capital - to total factor … conventional reservoirs of knowledge - patent stocks - falls. Vienna appears to be the largest contributor to the productivity … increases in Bratislava. Budapest's productivity seems to be sensitive to knowledge and human capital endowments of EU, but not …

The transformation of China into a knowledge based economy is currently one of the most intensively debated research … issues in Economic Geography and Regional Science. The focus of this study is on the effects of knowledge production and … knowledge spillovers on manufacturing total factor productivity (TFP) in China - at the level of Chinese regions - through the …

In previous research, we analysed the effect of technological innovation, understood as absorptive capacity, on exports … effect of technological innovation on trade varies according to the technological achievement by generating a non …-linear relationship between technological innovation and trade. A natural extension of this research is to use a panel dataset to fully …

Innovation and technological progress are the key determinants of long-run economic growth and welfare. Therefore, an … important question is, how can public policy encourage more innovation? In this chapter, I review some of the empirical findings … from various recent studies on innovation and firm dynamics that can shed light on the design of innovation policy. The …

Spatial proximity facilitates transfer of knowledge and technology between research institutes or universities (RIU … of regional policy to promote knowledge flows and R&D activity of firms. One major practical challenge is, however, to … be open to collaboration with RIU (in terms of R&D, human capital, knowledge-intensive industries) are rating their local …