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Knowledge Spillover Mechanisms

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The typical question asked about knowledge spillovers is do they occur? The answer to this question in the empirical literature is mixed.

I am indebted to Kshitij Yadav for research assistance and to Vietnamese software company executives for sharing their experiences about knowledge spillovers.

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    Because knowledge spillovers are externalities, too little knowledge may be produced. For example, technical knowledge spillovers may cause the recipient firm to reduce its own R&D spending. See Heggedal et al. (2017) on the topic of externalities and spillovers from labor mobility.

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    Stanley Nollen

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Nollen, S. (2020). Knowledge Spillover Mechanisms. In: Siddharthan, N., Narayanan, K. (eds) FDI, Technology and Innovation. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3611-3_3

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