The Evolution Dynamic of a Cluster Knowledge Network: The Role of Firms’ Absorptive Capacity
Journal of the Knowledge EconomyPublished 15 January 2013
Melita Nicotra, Marco Romano, Manlio Del Giudice
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The research provides an empirical assessment of the evolution dynamics of a cluster knowledge network and investigates the role of clustered firms’ absorptive capacity in shaping the knowledge network in time and space. In the study emphasis is put on the empirical analysis through the use of data on patent citations, needed to define the structure of knowledge flows into the cluster. Moreover, SIENA (Simulation Investigation for Empirical Network Analysis) is used to estimate the evolution models of networks. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
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