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Regions Matter

其他書名	How Regional Characteristics Affect External Knowledge Acquisition and Innovation
出版	2007
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Ku8NtwAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋To introduce new products and processes, firms often acquire knowledge from other organizations. Drawing on social capital and transaction cost theory, we argue that not only is the impact of such acquisitions on the successful development of product and product innovations dependent on strategic and economic variables, it may also be contingent on the "knowledge characteristics" of the geographical area in which the firm is located. Combining data on social capital at the level of 21 regions with a large scale data set on innovative activities by a representative sample of 2464 Italian manufacturing firms, we find? after controlling for a large set of firm and regional characteristics? that being located in regions characterized by high levels of social interaction leads to a higher propensity to innovate. In addition, being located in an area characterized by a high degree of social interaction positively moderates the effectiveness of externally acquired R & D on innovation inclination.