Productivity across European regions is related to three types of networks that mediate R&D-related knowledge … co-patenting relations appear to affect local productivity directly, regions that link up to innovative leader regions … via imports gain in productivity only when they have relatively high levels of human capital and absorptive capacity. From …

on spatial knowledge spillovers. Regions produce new knowledge, but only part of it is efficiently adopted in the economy … that insufficient levels of territorial capital hamper the capability of regions to grasp and fully exploit new knowledge …. Results show that a lower regional absorptive capacity increases knowledge spillovers towards surrounding areas, hampering the …

Italian regions over the period 1981-2003, in the light of the transition towards the knowledge-based economy. The results … knowledge-based economy; (ii) due to the delayed expansion of manufacturing activities in late-industrialised areas …, productivity growth and innovation takes place within manufacturing sectors …

Productivity across European regions is related to three types of networks that mediate R&D-related knowledge … co-patenting relations appear to affect local productivity directly, regions that link up to innovative leader regions … via imports gain in productivity only when they have relatively high levels of human capital and absorptive capacity. From …

have a larger fraction of skilled workers, higher R&D to sales ratios and established networks to knowledge sources in … several different countries. As illustrated by the so-called ‘anchor-tenant’ hypothesis, they can be described as “knowledge … analysis focuses on assessing whether the productivity of the regional manufacturing industry of non-affiliated firms is higher …

have a larger fraction of skilled workers, higher R&D to sales ratios and established networks to knowledge sources in … several different countries. As illustrated by the so-called ‘anchor-tenant’ hypothesis, they can be described as “knowledge … analysis focuses on as¬sessing whether the productivity of the regional manufacturing industry of non-affiliated firms is …

strategy and knowledge resources. The study aims at confirming that firms with a strategy with R&D persistency have a markedly … higher productivity, profitability and wage level than other firms. The second question is focused on the location of firms … knowledge milieu may augment the performance of firms. The third question concerns knowledge exchange in regional and global …

This paper explores the contribution of knowledge capital to total factor productivity differences among regions within … the model, to measure both direct and indirect effects of knowledge capital on regional total factor productivity, and to … a regression framework. The dependent variable is total factor productivity, defined as output (in terms of gross value …

industry output are shown to increase with the variety of industries, which is aligned with Jacobs externalities. With respect … to the concentration, the outcome is more ambiguous, where it depends on the variety, both spillover rates, and the R …&D efficiency. If the variety is limited, then partial support is given to both Marshall-Arrow-Romer externalities in the case of …

industry output are shown to increase with the variety of industries, which is aligned with Jacobs externalities. With respect … to the concentration, the outcome is more ambiguous, where it depends on the variety, both spillover rates, and the R …&D efficiency. If the variety is limited, then partial support is given to both Marshall-Arrow-Romer externalities in the case of …