RESEARCH-AND-DEVELOPMENT SPILLOVERS AND RECIPIENT FIRM SIZE

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作者
ACS, ZJ
AUDRETSCH, DB
FELDMAN, MP
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[1] WISSENSCH ZENTRUM BERLIN SOZIALFORSCH,BERLIN,GERMANY
[2] CARNEGIE MELLON UNIV,PITTSBURGH,PA 15213
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10.2307/2109888
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F [经济];
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02 ;
摘要
The findings in this paper provide some insight into how small firms are able to innovate. Using a production function approach to relate knowledge generating inputs to innovative output, the empirical results suggest that small firms are the recipients of R&D spillovers from knowledge generated in the R&D centers of their larger counterparts and in universities. Such R&D spillovers are apparently more decisive in promoting the innovative activity of small firms than of large corporations.
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页码:336 / 340
页数:5
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