Do Local Knowledge Spillovers Matter for Development? An Empirical Study of Uruguay's Software Cluster

World Development

Volumn 36, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2004-2028

  Kesidou, Effie ^a   Romijn, Henny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

clusters; innovation; Latin America; local knowledge spillovers; software industry; Uruguay

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMETRICS; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INDUSTRIAL PRACTICE; INNOVATION; LABOR MOBILITY; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

MONTEVIDEO [URUGUAY]; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

EID: 53749089911     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2008.01.003     Document Type: Article

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