Knowledge transfers and innovation: The role of labour markets and R&D co-operation between agents and institutions

Papers in Regional Science

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 295-309

  Simonen, Jaakko ^a   McCann, Philip ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Economics ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Co operation; Innovation; Knowledge; Labour mobility; R D

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; HUMAN CAPITAL; INNOVATION; KNOWLEDGE; LABOR MARKET; LABOR MOBILITY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 77954655589     PISSN: 10568190     EISSN: 14355957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1435-5957.2010.00299.x     Document Type: Article

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