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Linkages, agglomerations and knowledge spillovers in the Irish electronics industry : the regional dimension

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dc.creator Kearns, Allan
dc.creator Görg, Holger
dc.date 2002
dc.date.accessioned 2013-10-16T06:19:21Z
dc.date.available 2013-10-16T06:19:21Z
dc.date.issued 2013-10-16
dc.identifier International journal of technology management 0267-5730 24 2002 7/8 743-763
dc.identifier doi:10.1504/IJTM.2002.003081
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10419/2973
dc.identifier ppn:363253998
dc.identifier.uri http://koha.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/10419/2973
dc.description This paper examines the extent of regional agglomeration of foreign and indigenous electronics firms and research and development (R&D) activity in the Irish electronics industry. In particular, we are interested in whether indigenous R&D activity is concentrated in the same regions and research areas as foreign R&D, which is necessary to facilitate successful knowledge spillovers between the two groups. While there is evidence that there are regional clusters of indigenous and foreign-owned firms, the data suggest that there is a low probability of successful knowledge spillovers from foreign to indigenous firms. This is because foreign-owned firms undertake R&D primarily in different regions and in different research areas than indigenous firms. This suggests two policy implications. First, the scale of indigenous R&D needs to be increased in order to improve indigenous absorptive capacity for spillovers. Second, the research areas of foreign and indigenous firms need to be highly correlated to optimise the potential for successful knowledge spillovers.
dc.language eng
dc.rights http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen
dc.subject ddc:330
dc.subject management journals
dc.subject Policy and Organisational Management
dc.subject Elektronikindustrie
dc.subject Spillover-Effekt
dc.subject Regionale Konzentration
dc.subject Irland
dc.title Linkages, agglomerations and knowledge spillovers in the Irish electronics industry : the regional dimension
dc.type doc-type:article


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