L'objectif de cet article est d'étudier, sur la période 1980 à 1992, les effets qu'ont eu les spillovers des connaissances technologiques, à différents niveaux territoriaux (local, national et international), sur la dynamique de la productivité du travail dans les industries manufacturières des régions européennes. En particulier, l'utilisation d'une version modifiée de l'équation catching-up et d'une version élargie de la base de données REGIO, a permis d'évaluer de façon empirique la propension des spillovers des connaissances à expliquer la croissance de la productivité du travail dans les entreprises localisées dans les différentes régions européennes. On analyse l'éventuel trade-off entre la pression locale (concernant le transfert de connaissances tacites) et la pression globale (concernant la diffusion de connaissances entièrement codifiées) en tant que déterminants possibles de la croissance de la productivité manufacturière au niveau régional en Europe, sur la période 1980 à 1992.
The aim of this paper is to investigate the effects that technological knowledge spillovers at different spatial levels (that is, local, national, and international), have had on labor productivity dynamics in the manufacturing industries in European regions between 1980 and 1992. In particular, adopting a modified version of a 'catching-up' equation and using an enlarged version of Eurostat's REGIO database, we empirically assess whether these spatial dimensions are possible explanatory factors for the labor productivity growth of firms located in European regions. We examine eventual trade-offs between local (regarding the transfer of 'tacit' knowledge) and global (regarding the diffusion of fully 'codified' knowledge) pressures as possible determinants of the growth in manufacturing productivity at regional level in Europe between 1980 and 1992.
Spatial knowledge spillovers and regional productivity growth in Europe
Cainelli G;Leoncini R;Montini A
2007
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to investigate the effects that technological knowledge spillovers at different spatial levels (that is, local, national, and international), have had on labor productivity dynamics in the manufacturing industries in European regions between 1980 and 1992. In particular, adopting a modified version of a 'catching-up' equation and using an enlarged version of Eurostat's REGIO database, we empirically assess whether these spatial dimensions are possible explanatory factors for the labor productivity growth of firms located in European regions. We examine eventual trade-offs between local (regarding the transfer of 'tacit' knowledge) and global (regarding the diffusion of fully 'codified' knowledge) pressures as possible determinants of the growth in manufacturing productivity at regional level in Europe between 1980 and 1992.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.