The Geography of Small Firm Innovation - Couverture souple

Black, Grant

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0387241841 ISBN 13 : 9780387241845

Editeur : Springer US, 2008

Synopsis

It has long been recognized that advances in science contribute to economic growth. While it is one thing to argue that such a relationship exists, it is quite another to establish the extent to which knowledge spills over within and between sectors of the economy. Such a research agenda faces numerous challenges. Not only must one seek measures of inputs, but a measure of output is needed as well to estimate the knowledge production function. The identification of such a measure was a compelling goal for Zvi Griliches, if not the holy grail: "The dream of getting hold of an output indicator of inventive activity is one of the strong motivating forces for economic research in this area." (Griliches 1990, p. 1669). Jaffe (1989) made a significant contribution to estimating the knowledge production function when he established a relationship between patent activity and R&D activity at the state level. Feldman and coauthors (1994a, 1994b) added considerably to this line of research, focusing on innovation counts as the dependent variable instead of patent counts. This work was particularly important given that many innovations are never patented. Feldman's work also differentiated by firm size and showed that knowledge spillovers from universities play a key role as sources of knowledge for small firms.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The Geography of Small Firm Innovation offers a unique look at the importance of geographic proximity to the innovative activity of high-tech small firms. The book explores the concentration of innovation across metropolitan areas in the United States during the 1990s, by introducing a novel measure of small-firm innovation based on the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research Program, the largest federal R and D program for small business. The empirical evidence indicates the differing effects of technological infrastructure on the likelihood of innovation occurring in a metropolitan area, which has implications for public policy.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Springer US
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0387241841
• ISBN 13: 9780387241845
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 200
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