Patents and the Geographic Localization of R&D Spillovers in French Manufacturing

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This paper adopts a "geography of innovation" approach to test for France the hypothesis that patent activity within each administrative region is related to corporate expenditures in R&D in that territory, as well as research expenditures undertaken in universities located in the same area. It emerges that French manufacturing firms (both private and state-owned) benefit significantly from knowledge produced within the geographical area in which they are located, although the coefficient estimated for the university R&D variable is equally significant but higher than that for the industry R&D one. At the regional level, university research therefore turns out to be the most crucial source of knowledge spillovers for the innovative activities of manufacturing firms.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Quaderni - Working Paper DSE ; No. 327

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Santarelli, Enrico ; Piergiovanni, Roberta
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche (DSE)
• (where): Bologna
• (when): 1998

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.6092/unibo/amsacta/4981
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/159169
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET