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International spillovers and absorptive capacity: a cross-country, cross-sector analysis based on European patents and citations

Mancusi, Maria Luisa (2004) International spillovers and absorptive capacity: a cross-country, cross-sector analysis based on European patents and citations. EI (35). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

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Abstract

This paper provides an empirical assessment of the effect of national and international knowledge spillovers on innovation at a finely defined sectoral level for six major industrialised countries over the period 1981-1995. International spillovers are always found to be effective in increasing innovative productivity. The paper then uses self-citations to investigate the role of prior R&D experience in enhancing a country¿s ability to understand and improve upon external knowledge (absorptive capacity). The empirical results show that absorptive capacity increases the elasticity of a country¿s innovation to both national and international spillovers. The larger the gap of a country with the technological leaders, the weaker is this effect, but the larger is the country¿s potential to increase it.

Item Type: Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL: http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk
Additional Information: © 2004 Maria Luisa Mancusi
Divisions: STICERD
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
JEL classification: O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O3 - Technological Change; Research and Development > O31 - Innovation and Invention: Processes and Incentives
L - Industrial Organization > L6 - Industry Studies: Manufacturing > L60 - General
F - International Economics > F1 - Trade > F12 - Models of Trade with Imperfect Competition and Scale Economies
Date Deposited: 08 Jul 2008 15:47
Last Modified: 15 Sep 2023 22:59
URI: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/6737

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