Impact of local knowledge endowment on employment growth in nanotechnology

Antje Schimke, Nina Teichert and Ingrid Ott

No 38, Working Paper Series in Economics from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Department of Economics and Business Engineering

Abstract: This paper investigates the contribution of local knowledge endowment to employment growth in nanotechnology firms. We exploit a unique data set focusing on firms operating in fields that apply nanotechnology. Our findings suggest that regions that offer knowledge can stimulate employment growth in smaller and younger firms. By contrast, being embedded into specialised regions might be counterproductive, especially for firms belonging to a particularly knowledge intensive sector and older firms. --

Keywords: employment growth; local knowledge endowment; general purpose technology; specialisation; nanotechnology; spillover (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D83 L25 O31 R11 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-bec, nep-geo, nep-knm and nep-ure
Date: 2012
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