The Review of Economics and Statistics Vol. 76 No. 2 1994
R & D Spillovers and Recipient Firm Size
Abstract
The findings in this paper provide some insight into how small firms are able to innovate. Using a production function approach to relate knowledge generating inputs to innovative output, the empirical results suggest that small firms are the recipients of R&D spillovers from knowledge generated in the R&D centers of their larger counterparts and in universities. Such R&D spillovers are apparently more decisive in promoting the innovative activity of small firms than of large corporations.
- DOI
- 10.2307/2109888
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 336
- Sources
- crossref openalex