The impact of regional absorptive capacity on spatial knowledge spillovers: the Cohen and Levinthal model revisited

Andrea Caragliu, Peter Nijkamp · 2011 · Applied Economics

Summary. Regional absorptive capacity—the cognitive skills and knowledge infrastructure available in a region—determines how effectively regions adopt and benefit from new knowledge. Using European regional data from 1999-2006, the authors find that regions with lower absorptive capacity experience greater knowledge spillovers to neighboring areas, losing the ability to decode and exploit both locally produced and external knowledge efficiently.

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DOI

10.1080/00036846.2010.539549

Countries

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Regions

Europe

Categories

regional-innovation-systems, innovation-theory, general-innovation

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2026-04-28