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Learning from yourself or learning from neighbours: knowledge spillovers, institutional context and firm upgrading

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  • Yi Zhou
  • Shengjun Zhu
  • Canfei He

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Using a firm–product-level data set on China’s exports during the period 2000–11, we compare the impacts of intra- and inter-firm knowledge spillovers on the emergence of new, more sophisticated products at the firm level. Empirical results indicate that firm diversification is dependent on both intra- and inter-firm knowledge spillovers, though the effect of the former is much greater. More importantly, intra-firm knowledge spillovers are one key source of firm upgrading. In contrast, inter-firm knowledge spillovers even have some negative impacts on firm upgrading in the Chinese context, though it contributes to firm diversification. We further analyze how the roles of intra- and inter-firm knowledge spillovers in firm upgrading are contingent on regional institutional context.

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  • Yi Zhou & Shengjun Zhu & Canfei He, 2019. "Learning from yourself or learning from neighbours: knowledge spillovers, institutional context and firm upgrading," Regional Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 53(10), pages 1397-1409, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:regstd:v:53:y:2019:i:10:p:1397-1409
    DOI: 10.1080/00343404.2019.1566705
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    1. Jamal Ibrahim Haidar, 2022. "Internalization of externalities in international trade," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 63(1), pages 469-497, July.
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    3. Viktor Květoň & Josef Novotný & Jiří Blažek & David Marek, 2022. "The role of geographic and cognitive proximity in knowledge networks: The case of joint R&D projects," Papers in Regional Science, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 101(2), pages 351-372, April.
    4. Shanwei Li & Jingjie Li & Junli Ding & Mochen Sun & Chenying Cui, 2023. "A Game Strategy Study on Innovation Efficiency of China’s Listed Charging Pile Companies: Based on Generalized Fuzzy DEA Method," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(3), pages 1-23, January.

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