The Role of Labour Mobility and Informal Networks for Knowledge Transfer

by David B. Audretsch

Book Overview

The purpose of this volume is to analyze the microfoundations of knowledge spillovers. The microeconomic analysis of spillovers leads to the insight that the spillover and flow of knowledge is not at all automatic. Instead, this volume suggests that a filter exists between knowledge and its economic application. The focus of this volume is on several key mechanisms that serve to reduce this filter and facilitate the flow of knowledge. In particular,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441935797
• ISBN13: 9781441935793
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 218 Pages
• Weight: 0.73 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"