The Evolution Dynamic of a Cluster Knowledge Network: The Role of Firms’ Absorptive Capacity

M. Nicotra (), Marco Romano () and M. Giudice ()

Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 2014, vol. 5, issue 2, 240-264

Abstract: The research provides an empirical assessment of the evolution dynamics of a cluster knowledge network and investigates the role of clustered firms’ absorptive capacity in shaping the knowledge network in time and space. In the study emphasis is put on the empirical analysis through the use of data on patent citations, needed to define the structure of knowledge flows into the cluster. Moreover, SIENA (Simulation Investigation for Empirical Network Analysis) is used to estimate the evolution models of networks. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014

Keywords: Absorptive capacity; Knowledge network; Network analysis; Cluster (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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