Knowledge Spillovers in High Technology Agglomerations: Measurement and Modelling

Elsie Echeverri-Carroll
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Elsie Echeverri-Carroll: The University of Texas at Austin

Chapter 8 in Knowledge, Complexity and Innovation Systems, 2001, pp 146-161 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Malecki (1980) observed that one of the characteristics of innovative or high-tech firms is that they tend to cluster in relatively few places. In the United States, for instance, a large proportion of the high tech industry is concentrated in Silicon Valley. Indeed, if we use patents to measure innovative activity in the United States, we see that about 50 percent of U.S. patenting activity occurs in only six states: California [where Silicon Valley is located], New York, Texas, Illinois, Michigan, and New Jersey.

Keywords: Knowledge Spillover; Knowledge Externality; Agglomeration Economy; Efficiency Wage; Cumulative Growth (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-04546-6_8

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