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The Geography of Small Firm Innovation

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  • © 2005

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Authors:
  1. Grant Black

    1. Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta

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  • Offers a unique look at the importance of geographic proximity to the innovative activity of the high-tech small firms

Part of the book series: International Studies in Entrepreneurship (ISEN, volume 1)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-6

  3. The Small Business Innovation Research Program

    Pages 7-26

  4. Geography and Innovation

    Pages 27-36

  5. Evaluating Innovative Activity

    Pages 37-51

  6. Metropolitan Sbir Activity in the 1990s

    Pages 53-61

  7. Agency Effects in Federally Funded Innovation

    Pages 63-74

  8. Metropolitan Patent Activity in the 1990s

    Pages 75-94

  9. Conclusion

    Pages 95-103

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 105-180
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It has long been recognized that advances in science contribute to economic growth. While it is one thing to argue that such a relationship exists, it is quite another to establish the extent to which knowledge spills over within and between sectors of the economy. Such a research agenda faces numerous challenges. Not only must one seek measures of inputs, but a measure of output is needed as well to estimate the knowledge production function. The identification of such a measure was a compelling goal for Zvi Griliches, if not the holy grail: “The dream of getting hold of an output indicator of inventive activity is one of the strong motivating forces for economic research in this area.” (Griliches 1990, p. 1669). Jaffe (1989) made a significant contribution to estimating the knowledge production function when he established a relationship between patent activity and R&D activity at the state level. Feldman and coauthors (1994a, 1994b) added considerably to this line of research, focusing on innovation counts as the dependent variable instead of patent counts. This work was particularly important given that many innovations are never patented. Feldman’s work also differentiated by firm size and showed that knowledge spillovers from universities play a key role as sources of knowledge for small firms.

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"(The Geography of Small Firm Innovation) provides an interesting review of the research done on the economic impacts of agglomerations and an in-depth look at the SBIR program.  This is benificial to researchers across countries working on entrepreneurial firms and government programs leading to policy interventions. Black's research ...gives us deeper insights to the impact of anchors in agglomerations."

-Barak S. Aharonson, University of Toronto
 Journal of International Entrepreneurship 3:1, March 2005

 

 

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  • Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University, Atlanta

    Grant Black

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