Is geographical proximity necessary for knowledge spillovers within a cooperative technological network? The case of the French biotechnology sector

Regional Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-42

  Gallie, Emilie Pauline ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DAUPHINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 1 PANTHÉON SORBONNE   (France)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Cooperation; Count data; Spatial diffusion; Spillovers

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

EID: 60749122632     PISSN: 00343404     EISSN: 13600591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00343400701652818     Document Type: Article

References (37)

1. Adams, J. D. (2001) Comparative Localization of Academic and Industrial Spillovers, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER, Cambridge, MA
2. Aharonson, B. S., Baum, J. A. C. and Feldman, M. P. (2004) Industrial Clustering and the Returns to Inventive Activity: Canadian Biotechnology Firms, 1991-2000, Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics, Copenhagen
3. Almedia, P. and Kogut, B. (1999) Localization of knowledge and the mobility of engineers in regional networks. Management Science, 45, pp. 905-918.
4. Anselin, L., Varga, A. and Acs, Z. J. (1997) Local geographic spillovers between university research and high technology innovation. Journal of Urban Economics, 42, pp. 422-448.
5. Audretsch, D. and Feldman, M. (1996) Knowledge spillovers and the geography of innovation and production. American Economic Review, 86, pp. 630-640.
6. Autant-Bernard, C. (2000) Geographie de l'innovation et externalites locales de connaissances. Une etude sur donnees francaises, Universite Jean Monnet St-Etienne
7. Autant-Bernard, C. (2001) Science and knowledge flows: Evidence from the French case. Research Policy, 30, pp. 1069-1078.
8. Boschma, R. (2005) Proximity and innovation: A critical assessment. Regional Studies, 39, pp. 61-74.
9. Bottazzi, L. and Peri, G. (2003) Innovation and spillovers in regions: evidence from European patent data. European Economic Review, 47, pp. 687-710.
10. Breschi, S. and Lissoni, F. (2003) Mobility and Social Networks: Localised Knowledge Spillovers Revisited, Centre of Research on Innovation and Internationalization (CESPRI), Milan Italy
11. Cassiman, B. and Veugelers, R. (2002) R&D and cooperation spillovers: Some empirical evidence from Belgium. American Economic Review, 92, pp. 1169-1184.
12. Cockburn, I. and Henderson, R. (1998) Absorptive capacity, co-authoring behavior, and the organization of research in drug discovery. Journal of Industrial Economics, 46, pp. 157-181.
13. Cohen, W. M. and Levinthal, D. A. (1989) Innovation and learning: The two faces of R&D. Economic Journal, 99, pp. 569-596.
14. Crepon, B. and Duguet, E. (1997) Research and development, competition and innovation, Pseudo-maximum likelihood and simulated maximum likelihood methods applied to count data models with heterogeneity. Journal of Econometrics, 79, pp. 355-378.
15. Feldman, M. (1994) The Geography of Innovation, Kluwer, Boston, MA
16. Feldman, M. (1999) The new economics of innovation, spillovers and agglomeration: A review of empirical studies. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 8, pp. 5-25.
17. Frenken, K. and Van Oort, F. G. (2003) The geography of research collaboration in US aerospace engineering and US biotechnology and applied microbiology. Paper presented at the Conference of the Regional Studies Association, Pisa, Italy
18. Fritsch, M. and Franke, G. (2004) Innovation, regional knowledge spillovers and R&D cooperation. Research Policy, 33, pp. 245-255.
19. Gallie, E. P. (2004) Cooperation, externalites de connaissance et geographie de l'innovation: Le cas du secteur des biotechnologies en France. Universite Paris 1
20. Gallie, E. P. (2005) Diffusion et dimension spatiale des spillovers au sein des reseaux de recherche publics: Le cas du secteur des biotechnologies en France. Revue d'Economie Regionale et Urbaine, pp. 193-216.
21. Gallie, E. P. and Guichard, R. (2005) Do collaboratories mean the end of face-to-face interactions? An evidence from the ISEE project. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 14, pp. 517-532.
22. Gallie, E. P. and Legros, D. (2007) How do spatial spillovers diffuse in science-industry interactions? The case of French biotech sector. Economics of Innovation and New Technology, 16, pp. 635-652.
23. Gourieroux, C., Monfort, A. and Trognon, A. (1984) Pseudo maximum likelihood methods: Applications to Poisson models. Econometrica, 52, pp. 701-720.
24. Griliches, Z. (1979) Issues in assessing the contribution of research and development to productivity growth. Bell Journal of Economics, 10, pp. 92-116.
25. Hagedoorn, J. (1960) Interfirm R&D partnerships: An overview of major trends and patterns since. Research Policy, 31, pp. 477-492.
26. Hausman, J., Hall, B. H. and Griliches, Z. (1984) Econometric models for count data with an application to the patents-R&D relationship. Econometrica, 52, pp. 909-938.
27. Jaffe, A. B. (1989) The real effects of academic research. American Economic Review, 79, pp. 957-970.
28. Jaffe, A. B., Trajtenberg, M. and Henderson, R. (1993) Geographic localization of knowledge spillovers as evidenced by patent citations. Quarterly Journal of Economics, 108, pp. 577-598.
29. Liebeskind, P. J., Oliver, A. L., Zucker, L. G. and Brewer, M. B. (1996) Social networks, learning, and flexibility: Sourcing scientific knowledge in new biotechnology firms. Organization Science, 7, pp. 429-442.
30. Macpherson, A. (2002) The contribution of academic-industry interaction to product innovation: The case of New York State's medical devices sector. Papers in Regional Science, 81, pp. 121-129.
31. Marshall, A. (1920) Principles of Economics, Macmillan, London
32. Mowery, D. C., Oxley, J. and Silverman, B. (1996) Strategic alliances and interfirm knowledge transfer. Strategic Management Journal, 17, pp. 77-91.
33. Rallet, A. and Torre, A. (2005) Proximity and localization. Regional Studies, 39, pp. 47-59.
34. Trognon, A. (1987) Les methode du pseudo-maximum de vraisemblance. Annales d'Economie et Statistique, 8, pp. 117-134.
35. Veugelers, R. and De Backer, K. (1999) Access to External Knowledge: An Empirical Analysis of Alliances as Spillover Channel, DTEW, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
36. Zucker, L., Darby, M. and Armstrong, J. (2001) Commercializing Knowledge University Science, Knowledge Capture, and Firm Performance in Biotechnology, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER, Cambridge, MA
37. Zucker, L. G., Darby, M. R. and Armstrong, J. (1994) Intellectual Capital and the Firm: The Technology of Geographically Localized Knowledge Spillovers, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), Cambridge, MA