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Knowledge Spillovers Through Human Mobility Across National Borders: Evidence from Zhongguancun Science Park in China

This paper investigates the impact of returnee entrepreneurs and their knowledge spillovers on
innovation in high-tech firms in China. Using panel data for 1,318 high-tech firms in Beijing Zhongguancun Science Park (ZSP) we find that returnee entrepreneurs create a significant spillover effect that promotes innovation in other local high-tech firms. The extent of this
spillover effect is positively moderated by the non-returnee firm's absorptive capacity approximated by the skill level of employees. Multinational enterprises' R&D activities positively affect the innovation intensity of non-returnee firms only when these local firms
possess the sufficient level of absorptive capacity. Our findings have important policy and managerial implications for policy-makers and practitioners.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:VIENNA/oai:epub.wu-wien.ac.at:3293
Date January 2011
CreatorsFilatotchev, Igor, Liu, Xiaohui, Lu, Jiangyong, Wright, Mike
PublisherElsevier
Source SetsWirtschaftsuniversität Wien
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeArticle, PeerReviewed
Formatapplication/pdf
Relationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2011.01.003, http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/homepage.cws_home, http://epub.wu.ac.at/3293/

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