The Role of labour mobility and informal networks for knowledge transfer

Team DDU......Page 1
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures......Page 8
List of Tables......Page 10
List of Contributors......Page 11
1.Introduction: Structuring Informal Mechanisms of Knowledge Transfer......Page 14
2.The Mobility of Economic Agents as Conduits of Knowledge Spillovers......Page 21
PART I GEOGRAPHIC AND RELATIONAL PROXIMITY......Page 40
3.The Spatial Distribution of Entrepreneurial Support Networks: Evidence from Semiconductor Initial Public Offerings from 1996 through 2000......Page 42
4.The Impact of Regional Social Networks on the Entrepreneurial Development Process......Page 66
5.Social Networks, Informational Complexity and Industrial Geography......Page 92
6.Transnational Networks and the Evolution of the Indian Software Industry: The Role of Culture and Ethnicity......Page 110
PART II SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE FLOWS AND LABOURMOBILITY......Page 136
7.Firm Placements of New PhDs: Implications for Knowledge Transfer......Page 138
8.Basic Research, Labour Mobility and Competitiveness......Page 160
9.Science-Industry Relationships in France: Entrepreneurship and Innovative Institutions......Page 177
10.Knowledge Creation and Flows in Science......Page 200
Index......Page 224