Autore
Patrucco, Pier Paolo

Titolo
Collective knowledge production, costs and the dynamics of technological sysyems
Periodico
Università degli Studi di Torino. Dip. Di Economia e Statistica Cognetti de Martiis LEI & BRICK - Lab. Di economia dell'innovazione 'Franco Momigliano', Bureau of Research in Innovation, Complexity and Knowledge, Collegio Carlo Alberto. WP series
Anno: 2005 - Fascicolo: 6 - Pagina iniziale: 1 - Pagina finale: 25

TechnologicaI knowledge can be understood as a collective good only when its production requires the absorption and integration of external knowledge. Such externaI knowledge is the outcome of R&D investments that cannot be fully appropriated by firms and generate spillovers. The exploitation of such knowledge spillovers requires specific investments in knowledge communication and absorption, which brings about specific costs. These costs afe affected by the structural and dynamic characteristics of technologicaI systems in terms of the knowledge base, the variety of actors and the communication infrastructures and processes. This paper anaIyzes the costs of collective knowledge production and their implications for the way in which the firm chooses the mix of internai and externaI knowledge. This choice in turo shapes the evolution of technological systems.



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