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The impact of regional absorptive capacity on spatial knowledge spillovers: the Cohen and Levinthal model revisited

Andrea Caragliu Building Environment Science and Technology, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milano (MI), Italy; Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Spatial Economics, Free University, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The NetherlandsCorrespondence[email protected]
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Peter Nijkamp Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Department of Spatial Economics, Free University, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Pages 1363-1374 | Published online: 23 Feb 2011

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