This article critically reviews the literature on the economic benefits of publicly funded basic
research. In that literature, three main methodological approaches have been adopted …

This paper discusses the intellectual origins of the knowledge‐based economy or KBE, and
recent economic theories used to provide an intellectual foundation for the KBE. The KBE is …

This paper re‐examines critically the growing literature on localized knowledge spillovers
(LKSs), and finds the econometric evidence on the subject still lacking a firm theoretical …

This paper provides a link between the degree of entrepreneurial activity in a country and
the growth performance. While a recent wave of empirical evidence suggests that the extent …

This article provides a critical discussion of the recent econometric literature on “localised
knowledge spillovers” and the related notion of tacit knowledge. The basic claim of the …

The paper re-examines the twin concepts of knowledge “tacitness” and “codification”, which
both the literature on (broadly defined) industrial districts, and some recent econometric …

Public research is often considered as essential in the technological change process. Yet,
few studies have been undertaken to measure its real impact on innovation. The objective of …

FRITSCH M.(2001) Co-operation in regional innovation systems, Reg. Studies 35, 297±307.
The paper deals with co-operative relationships of manufacturing® rms in three German …

This thesis intends to answer three questions: First, what is a lead market; second, what
constitutes a lead market, and third, how companies can harness lead markets to generate …

This paper will present a multi-region/multi-country model in which inter-regional knowledge
spillovers determine the growth of regions. Key parameters in the model are the learning …