Knowledge Spillovers

Knowledge spillovers enable an actor to access knowledge generated by another without full (or perhaps any) compensation. Knowledge spillovers are important because they are central to economic growth. In addition, they are strategically important to knowledge-intensive firms. Recent improvements in measurement have enabled scholars to report three robust empirical findings about knowledge spillovers: (1) they are geographically localized; (2) they are influenced by inventor mobility; and (3) social networks enable them to overcome geographic distance.

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Agrawal, A. (2017). Knowledge Spillovers. In: Augier, M., Teece, D. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Strategic Management. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-94848-2_155-1

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