The effectiveness of international knowledge spillover channels

Lee, Gwang-Hoon

doi:10.1016/j.euroecorev.2005.10.001

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“…The main channels of technology diffusion that have been considered in the literature are trade (Coe and Helpman 1995), inputoutput linkages (Terleckyj 1974;Keller 2002a) and FDI (Lichtenberg and van Pottelsberghe de la Potterie 2001; Lee 2006). Labour mobility has also been analysed (Almeida and Kogut 1999;Guarino and Tedeschi 2006), though a theoretical framework and precise estimates are still missing.…”

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Productivity effects of knowledge transfers through labour mobility

Foster‐McGregor

Pöschl

2016

J Prod Anal

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The paper addresses the link between productivity and labour mobility. The hypothesis tested is that technology is transmitted across industries through the movement of skilled workers embodying human capital. The embodied knowledge is then diffused within the new environment creating spillovers and leading to productivity improvements. The empirical analysis is based on household survey and industry-level data for a sample of 12 EU countries covering the years 1995-2005. The estimates document the importance of positive cross-sectoral knowledge spillovers and indicate that labour mobility has considerable beneficial effects on industry productivity. Possible endogeneity problems related to labour mobility are tackled by employing a two stage instrumental variables approach. Moreover we show that the spillover effects vary considerably by technology level of the giving industry. While workers moving away from high and medium-tech industries are found to produce positive productivity effects for the receiving industry, no effect is found for those coming from low-tech industries. JEL:J24, J60, O47 Keywords: Knowledge Spillovers, Labour Mobility, Productivity, Human Capital, Industry Level Productivity Effects of Knowledge Transfers through Labour Mobility AbstractThe paper addresses the link between productivity and labour mobility. The hypothesis tested is that technology is transmitted across industries through the movement of skilled workers embodying human capital. The embodied knowledge is then diffused within the new environment creating spillovers and leading to productivity improvements. The empirical analysis is based on household survey and industry-level data for a sample of 12 EU countries covering the years 1995-2005. The estimates document positive cross-sectoral knowledge spillovers and indicate that labour mobility has considerable beneficial effects on industry productivity. Possible endogeneity problems related to labour mobility are tackled by employing a two stage instrumental variables approach. Moreover we show that the spillover effects vary considerably by technology level of the giving industry. While workers moving away from high and medium-tech industries are found to produce positive productivity effects for the receiving industry, no effect is found for those coming from low-tech industries. JEL ClassificationJ24, J60, O47

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Productivity effects of knowledge transfers through labour mobility

Foster‐McGregor

Pöschl

2016

J Prod Anal

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“…Isso porque a importação de bens de capital de elevado conteúdo tecnológico frequentemente ocorre em função de investimentos de empresas multinacionais, de modo que é preciso distinguir o efeito positivo do comércio internacional na difusão tecnológica da atividade de empresas multinacionais. Lee (2006) é um dos (poucos) autores a fazer a distinção entre o efeito do comércio internacional e do influxo de IDE para a difusão de tecnologia. Utilizando um painel de 16 países da OCDE, Lee (2006) apresenta evidências de que a difusão de conhecimento produzida pelo influxo de IDE e pelos canais de difusão que não estão relacionados a transações comerciais (bancos internacionais de patentes, publicações técnicas, etc.)…”

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“…Lee (2006) é um dos (poucos) autores a fazer a distinção entre o efeito do comércio internacional e do influxo de IDE para a difusão de tecnologia. Utilizando um painel de 16 países da OCDE, Lee (2006) apresenta evidências de que a difusão de conhecimento produzida pelo influxo de IDE e pelos canais de difusão que não estão relacionados a transações comerciais (bancos internacionais de patentes, publicações técnicas, etc.) são significantes e robustos.…”

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A tendência à harmonização internacional da proteção de patentes e seus problemas

Fiani

2009

Rev. Econ. Polit.

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a tendência à harmonização internacional da proteção de patentes e seus problemas ronalDo fiani*The trend towards international harmonization of patents' protection and its problems. TRIPS agreement has been a milestone in the present trend towards international harmonization of intellectual property's protection (including patents' protection), where harmonization means to increase the protection level in developing countries according to the more rigorous standards of developed ones. Considering the economic theory of patents together with historical and empirical evidences, it is argued that international harmonization of patents' protection as it is settled by TRIPS agreement is not favorable to developing countries' economic development.

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“…Geography boundary has been a physical constraint hindering knowledge flow [43,44], although geographical limitation has been largely avoided by the modern Information and communications technology. Previous studies analyzing international flow have address issues on Foreign Direct Investment [45,46], trade [47], and firm level innovation [48].…”

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Global Interdependence of Collaborative R&D-Typology and Association of International Co-Patenting

2017

Sustainability

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Economic globalization implies a growing interdependence of resources across countries. Technological R&D and cross-border collaboration are often identified as the primary driving forces in the process. This study aims to holistically analyze global landscape of international collaboration and identify influential countries and the interdependencies among countries. A total of 458,381 international patents granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) from 1976 to 2013 are analyzed and the structure of international collaboration network is created. It is found that highly developed and small countries usually show a higher degree of internationalization. However, emerging countries such as China present high collaborative influences. The highly skewed collaboration distribution indicates significant inequality of internationalization, which is indeed a hurdle to a country's technological mobility. It can be observed that most pairs of interdependent countries are neighboring or even bordering countries because of their similar historical, linguistic and cultural heritages. Several contributions of this study are summarized as follows: (1) this study first proposes the II, IA, II-IA, IA-AA, and II-IA-AA system for classifying international patent; (2) all international patents (38-year time span) from USPTO are examined without sampling; (3) association rule mining is used to evaluate the interdependency of international collaboration; and (4) network structures illustrating 38 years international co-patenting are visually presented.

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The effectiveness of international knowledge spillover channels

Cited by 132 publications

References 22 publications

Productivity effects of knowledge transfers through labour mobility

Productivity effects of knowledge transfers through labour mobility

A tendência à harmonização internacional da proteção de patentes e seus problemas

Global Interdependence of Collaborative R&D-Typology and Association of International Co-Patenting

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