The importance of absorptive capacities: productivity effects of international R&D spillovers through intermediate inputsFootnote^†

† This paper is based on a Background Study for the European Competitiveness Report 2013. The work was done for the European Commission, DG Enterprise and Industry, under the Framework Contract ENTR/2009/033. The opinions expressed are those of the authors only and do not represent the Commission’s official position.

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