search query: @indexterm PLANT LOCATION / total: 104
reference: 8 / 104
Author: | Adams, J. D. Jaffe, A. B. |
Title: | Bounding the effects of R&D: An investigation using matched establishment-firm data |
Journal: | RAND Journal of Economics
1996 : WINTER, VOL. 27:4, p. 700-721 |
Index terms: | R&D PLANT LOCATION PRODUCTIVITY INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | This paper finds that the effects of parent firm R&D on plant-level productivity are diminished by the technological and geographic distance between the plants and research lab. Productivity appears to depend on R&D per plant rather than the total amount. Spillovers from technologically related firms are important and also depend on R&D intensity rather than total industry R&D. The results suggest that the dilution of R&D across multiple target plants reduces its potency sufficiently that may not be a source of industrywide or economywide increasing returns. |
SCIMA