International Spillovers and Absorptive Capacity: A Cross-country, Cross-sector Analysis Based on European Patents and Citations
The paper provides an empirical assessment of the effect of national and international knowledge spillovers on innovation at a finely defined sectoral level for six major industrialised countries over the period 1981-1995.
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