Why are some regions more innovative than others? The role of small firms in the presence of large labs

Journal of Urban Economics

Volumn 81, Issue , 2014, Pages 149-165

  Agrawal, Ajay ^a,b   Cockburn, Iain ^b,c   Galasso, Alberto ^d,e   Oettl, Alexander ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e CEPR   (United Kingdom)

^f GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cities; Externalities; Firm size diversity; Innovation; Patents; Spin outs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899500830     PISSN: 00941190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jue.2014.03.003     Document Type: Article

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