International spillovers and absorptive capacity: A cross-country cross-sector analysis based on patents and citations

Maria Mancusi

Journal of International Economics, 2008, vol. 76, issue 2, 155-165

Abstract: This paper brings together the issues of knowledge spillovers and absorptive capacity, by assessing the role of prior R&D experience in enhancing a country's ability to understand and improve upon external knowledge. International spillovers are found effective in increasing innovative productivity in laggard countries, while technological leaders are a source rather than a destination of knowledge flows. Quantitative estimates of the effect of absorptive capacity on innovative performance, through knowledge spillovers, show that absorptive capacity increases the elasticity of a laggard country's innovation to international spillovers, while its marginal effect is negligible for countries at the technological frontier.

Keywords: R&D; spillovers; Absorptive; capacity; Knowledge; production; function; Patents; Citations; O31; O33; L6 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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