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Innovation in perip...
Innovation in peripheral regions: Do collaborations compensate for a lack of local knowledge spillovers?
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- Grillitsch, Markus (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,CIRCLE,Institutionen för designvetenskaper,Institutioner vid LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Department of Design Sciences,Departments at LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH
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- Nilsson, Magnus (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Företagsekonomiska institutionen,Ekonomihögskolan,CIRCLE,Institutionen för designvetenskaper,Institutioner vid LTH,Lunds Tekniska Högskola,Department of Business Administration,Lund University School of Economics and Management, LUSEM,Department of Design Sciences,Departments at LTH,Faculty of Engineering, LTH
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- 2015-01-08
- 2015
- English.
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In: Annals of Regional Science. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1432-0592 .- 0570-1864. ; 54:1, s. 299-321
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- It is widely accepted that firms in peripheral regions benefit to a lesser extent from local knowledge spillovers than firms located in agglomerations or industrial clusters. This paper investigates the extent to which innovative firms in peripheral regions compensate for the lack of access to local knowledge spillovers by collaborating at other geographical scales. So far the literature predominantly suggests that collaborations complement rather than compensate for local knowledge spillovers. Using data on the collaboration patterns of innovative firms in Sweden, this paper provides evidence that firms with low access to local knowledge spillovers tend to collaborate more. This effect, however, depends on firm size and in-house capabilities. Our findings suggest that firms with strong in-house capabilities do indeed compensate for a lack of local knowledge spillovers with collaborations while firms with weaker in-house capabilities depend more on the regional knowledge infrastructure.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Annan samhällsvetenskap -- Tvärvetenskapliga studier inom samhällsvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Other Social Sciences -- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv -- Företagsekonomi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business -- Business Administration (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- local knowledge spillovers
- periphery
- collaboration
- innovation
- geography
- Sweden
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- art (subject category)
- ref (subject category)
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