Localized sources of knowledge and the effect of knowledge spillovers: An empirical study of inventors in the telecommunications industry

Journal of Economic Geography

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 405-431

  Ibrahim, Sherwat E ^a   Fallah, M Hosein ^b   Reilly, Richard R ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY IN CAIRO   (Egypt)

^b STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geography of innovation; Knowledge spillover; Localization; Sources of knowledge; Tacit knowledge

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; SPILLOVER EFFECT; TELECOMMUNICATION; TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EID: 65249089569     PISSN: 14682702     EISSN: 14682710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jeg/lbn049     Document Type: Article

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