Geographic constraints on knowledge spillovers: Political borders vs. spatial proximity

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2056-2078

  Singh, Jasjit ^a   Marx, Matt ^b  

^a INSEAD   (Singapore)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Borders; Distance; Economic geography; Innovation; Institutions; Knowledge spillovers; Patent citation

Indexed keywords

BORDERS; DISTANCE; ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY; KNOWLEDGE SPILLOVERS; PATENT CITATION;

INNOVATION; MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT SCIENCE; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

EID: 84884150815     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1700     Document Type: Article

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