Do scientific capabilities in regions translate into technological leadership? This is one of the
most pressing questions in academic and policy circles. This paper analyzes the matching of …

We argue that trans-local knowledge connections positively impact local epistemic inventor
communities in global cities, using patent citations as an indicator of global knowledge …

Over the years, the growing availability of extensive datasets about registered patents
allowed researchers to get a deeper insight into the drivers of technological innovation. In …

It is widely understood that innovations tend to be concentrated in cities, which is evidenced
by innovative output increasing disproportionately with city size. Yet, given the heterogeneity …

Fiscal crises are costly but are not rare. It is crucial to prioritize preventing such crises. While
several studies have explored the impact of macroeconomic variables and international …

Does a society's culture affect its ability to achieve economic complexity? In this paper, we
analyze the effect of individualism, one of the most significant dimensions of culture, on …

Novel combinations of technologies are usually the result of collaborative work that builds
on existing knowledge. Albeit inventors and their respective communities tend to be …

Contrary to conventional economic growth theory, which reduces a country's output to one
aggregate variable (GDP), product diversity is central to economic development, as recent …

Firms may seek non-redundant information through inter-firm relations beyond their
geographic and cognitive boundaries (ie, relations with firms in other regions and active in …

This paper investigates the impact of global value chains (GVCs) participation on economic
complexity for a sample of underdeveloped, moderately developed, and developed …