The Role of Knowledge Variety and Intensity for Regional Innovative Capability

Sam Tavassoli and Nunzia Carbonara ()
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Nunzia Carbonara : Dept of Mechanical and Management Engineering, Politecnico di Bari, Italy

No 2013/34, Papers in Innovation Studies from Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research

Abstract: This paper analyses the effect of variety and intensity of knowledge on the innovative capability of regions. Employing data for Swedish functional regions, the paper tests the role of the variety (related and unrelated) and intensity of (i) internal knowledge generated within the region and also (ii) external knowledge networks flowing into the region in explaining regional innovative capability, as measured by patent applications. The empirical analysis provides robust evidence that both the variety and intensity of internal and external knowledge matter for regions’ innovative capability. When it comes to variety, related knowledge variety plays a superior role

Keywords: Knowledge intensity; Knowledge variety; Related variety; Unrelated variety; Internal knowledge; External knowledge; Patent applications; Functional regions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 O32 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 29 pages
Date: 2013-12-18
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-cse, nep-geo, nep-ino, nep-ipr, nep-pr~, nep-knm and nep-ure
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Journal Article: The role of knowledge variety and intensity for regional innovation (2014)
Working Paper: The Role of Knowledge Variety and Intensity for Regional Innovative Capability - Swedish evidence (2013)
Working Paper: The Role of Knowledge Variety and Intensity for Regional Innovative Capability (2013)
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