Territory’s Absorptive Capacity

Schillaci Carmela Elita (), Marco Romano () and Nicotra Melita ()
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Schillaci Carmela Elita: Università degli Studi di Catania, Piazza dell’Università n. 2 – 95131 Catania, Province of Catania, Italy
Nicotra Melita: Parco Scientifico e Tecnologico della Sicilia, Catania, Province of Catania, Italy

Entrepreneurship Research Journal, 2013, vol. 3, issue 1, 109-126

Abstract: In the paper, the concept of absorptive capacity, already successfully applied to firms, is extended to territories. Territory’s Absorptive Capacity is here defined as the ability of a Region to identify, assimilate, and exploit external knowledge.From a theoretical point of view, the concept of Territory’s Absorptive Capacity integrates two fields of studies, those of innovation systems and regional science.Three propositions are developed starting from the consideration that territory’s absorptive capacity is dependent on increasing investments in human resource learning in a Region, promoting R&D activities and, above all, integrating knowledge flows through the action of territorial knowledge gatekeepers.

Keywords: Absorptive Capacity; System of Innovation; Territory; Knowledge Gatekeepers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L26 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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