Firms' knowledge search and local knowledge externalities in innovation performance

被引:217
作者
Roper, Stephen [1 ,2 ]
Love, James H. [1 ,2 ]
Bonner, Karen [3 ,4 ]
机构
[1] Univ Warwick, Enterprise Res Ctr, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England
[2] Univ Warwick, Warwick Business Sch, Coventry CV4 7AL, W Midlands, England
[3] Aston Univ, Enterprise Res Ctr, Birmingham B4 7ET, W Midlands, England
[4] Aston Univ, Aston Business Sch, Birmingham B4 7ET, W Midlands, England
关键词
Innovation; Local knowledge system; UK; Externalities of openness; RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT; ABSORPTIVE-CAPACITY; DEVELOPMENT SPILLOVERS; OPENNESS; NETWORKS; GROWTH; MARKET; GEOGRAPHY; MOBILITY; IMPACT;
D O I
10.1016/j.respol.2016.10.004
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
We use an augmented version of the UK Innovation Surveys 4-7 to explore firm-level and local area openness externalities on firms' innovation performance. We find strong evidence of the value of external knowledge acquisition both through interactive collaboration and non-interactive contacts such as demonstration effects, copying or reverse engineering. Levels of knowledge search activity remain well below the private optimum, however, due perhaps to informational market failures. We also find strong positive externalities of openness resulting from the intensity of local interactive knowledge search a knowledge diffusion effect. However, there are strong negative externalities resulting from the intensity of local non-interactive knowledge search a competition effect. Our results provide support for local initiatives to support innovation partnering and counter illegal copying or counterfeiting. We find no significant relationship between either local labour quality or employment composition and innovative outputs. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.
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页码:43 / 56
页数:14
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