期刊名称：Discussion Paper Series / Department of Economics, Monash University
出版年度：2007
卷号：1
出版社：Monash University
摘要：This paper investigates the role played by the sectoral and geographical mobility of labour in the promotion
of industrial innovations. Knowledge can be transferred between firms by inter-firm interactions and interfirm
cooperation. In addition, knowledge can also be transferred between firms by labour mobility. In order
to examine these issues we employ a unique innovation dataset from Finland which combines firm specific
information about the innovation performance of the firms along with their individual characteristics, as
well as firm specific information regarding the sectoral and geographical origins of their recent labour
acquisitions. Analyzing this data allows us to identify the different roles which the geography of knowledge
spillovers and exchanges and the geography of labour markets play in the innovation process.
