Although interest in spatial regression models has surged in recent years, a comprehensive,
up-to-date text on these approaches does not exist. Filling this void, Introduction to Spatial …

First introduced in the field of economics of innovation by Anselin, Varga and Acs (1997),
spatial econometric tools are increasingly used to study the geography of innovation. By …

We propose a spatial multinomial probit model to examine the determinants of land use
change, at the parcel level, in the French Département du Rhones from 1992 to 2003. It is …

We examine the relationship between enterprises' use of employee training (or education)
as a method to stimulate new ideas or creativity among their staff and enterprises' innovation …

We use a detailed dataset to examine the impact of social networks, conditional on
contextual and individual confounders, on farmers' adoption of competing improved …

The innovativeness of a firm not only improves its own survival chances but also can
generate externalities on its neighbouring firms. We empirically examine the role of …

Using original data on the organizational choices made by French local authorities when
awarding the supply of local public services, we show how the spatial dimension has the …

In developing countries where the reliance on agriculture is high, enhancement of
agricultural productivity and income growth through the adoption of new and improved …

This paper uses new business micro data from the Business Research and Development
and Innovation Survey (BRDIS) for the years 2008-2011 to relate the discrete innovation …

The purpose of this paper is two-fold. Firstly, it surveys different works related to the analysis
of Innovation and the way it spreads locally. We will see that theoretical predictions and …