Strategic Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Spillovers: Spatial and Aspatial Perspectives

Sam Tavassoli, Lars Bengtsson () and Charlie Karlsson ()
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Lars Bengtsson: Faculty of Engineering, Department of Industrial Management and Logistics, Lund University, Postal: PO Box 118, , 221 00 Lund, , Sweden

No 426, Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation from Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies

Abstract: The literature in the Strategic Entrepreneurship (SE) is increasingly embracing the concept and implication of knowledge spillovers. In this paper, we add to the theoretical literature on SE and knowledge spillovers by investigating the different types of knowledge spill-overs and what they imply for various dimensions of SE. On the one hand, we distinguish between spatial and aspatial knowledge spillovers. On the other hand, we distinguish be-tween various dimensions of SE, i.e. inputs, resource orchestration, and output. Finally, we conceptually link the various types of knowledge spillovers and dimensions of SE and dis-cuss the implications. Doing so, we argue that spatial knowledge spillovers (inter-firm) play the major role in increasing the amount of ‘inputs’ dimension of SE, while the aspatial knowledge (either inter-regional or intra-firm) play the major role not only for ‘inputs’, but also for ‘resource orchestration’ dimension. At the end, the paper provides suggestions for future research.

Keywords: Strategic entrepreneurship; knowledge spillovers; spatial; aspatial (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D23 D83 L10 L26 R10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2016-01-14
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-ent, nep-geo, nep-ino, nep-knm, nep-sbm and nep-ure
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Journal Article: Strategic entrepreneurship and knowledge spillovers: spatial and aspatial perspectives (2017)
Working Paper: Strategic Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Spillovers: Spatial and Aspatial Perspectives (2016)
Working Paper: Strategic Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Spillovers: Spatial and Aspatial Perspectives (2016)
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