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来源

EUROPEAN PLANNING STUDIES,Vol.27,Issue4,P.661-677

语言

英文

关键字

Relatedness; technological complexity; diversification; knowledge space; smart specialisation; Ireland; ECONOMIC-GEOGRAPHY; INDICATORS; EVOLUTION; NETWORKS; CLUSTERS

作者单位

[Whittle, Adam] Univ Coll Dublin, Sch Architecture Planning & Environm Policy, Dublin 4, Ireland. [Whittle, Adam] Univ Coll Dublin, Spatial Dynam Lab, Dublin 4, Ireland. Whittle, A (reprint author), Univ Coll Dublin, Sch Architecture Planning & Environm Policy, Dublin 4, Ireland.; Whittle, A (reprint author), Univ Coll Dublin, Spatial Dynam Lab, Dublin 4, Ireland. E-Mail: adam.whittle@ucd.ie

摘要

This paper advances a measure of knowledge complexity to analyse for Ireland whether more complex knowledge is generated by local or foreign firms. Information on assignees, technological structure and global ownership contained within a recently developed Irish patent database forms the basis for distinguishing between technologies developed by local and nonlocal firms. Thereafter, our knowledge complexity index uses a modified bipartite network to link these technologies to their country of origin, i.e. local or nonlocal. Our results indicate that the most complex technologies tend to be produced in a few diverse regions. Furthermore, the majority of complex knowledge is generated in technology classes where the share of foreign activity is greater than local firms.