Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/50089 
Year of Publication: 
2009
Series/Report no.: 
ESRI Working Paper No. 330
Publisher: 
The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin
Abstract: 
The objective of this paper is to contribute to the development of an evidence-based system to monitor progress towards the European Research Area (ERA) and a knowledge-based economy. We start with an overview of existing theory and empirical evidence on the role of international technology spillovers on economic growth. Further, we discuss the transmission channels of international technology spillovers and barriers to international technology diffusion. Next we turn to measuring specialisation in knowledge-based sectors and geographical concentration patterns of these sectors. The remainder of this paper proposes three sets of indicators to monitor progress towards the ERA and a knowledge-based economy in relation to international technology diffusion.
Subjects: 
international technology spillovers
knowledge-intensive economy
absorptive capacity
European Research Area
JEL: 
F23
F42
F43
O33
O47
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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