Understanding Absorptive Capacities is an "Innovation Systems" Context

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dc.contributor.author	Narula, Rajneesh	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-02-04T10:24:00Z
dc.date.available	2009-02-04T10:24:00Z
dc.date.issued	2004-03-02T00:00:00Z	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10398/6559
dc.description.abstract	This paper seeks to broaden our understanding of the concept underlying absorptive capacity at the macro –level, paying particular attention to the growth and development perspectives. We provide definitions of absorptive and technological capacity, external technology flows, productivity growth, employment creation and their interrelations. We then analyse the elements of absorptive capability, focusing on the nature of the relationship within a systems view of an economy, focusing primarily on the role of firm and non-firm actors and the institutions that connect them, both within and across borders. We also undertake to explain how the nature of absorptive capacity changes with stages of economic development, and the importance of the different aspects of absorptive capability at different stages. The relationship is not a linear one: the benefits that accrue from marginal increases in absorptive capability change over time. Finally, we provide a tentative and preliminary conceptual argument of how the different stages of absorptive capacity are related to productivity growth, economic growth and employment creation. Key words: New economy, absorptive capacity, knowledge	en_US
dc.format.extent	53 s.	en_US
dc.language	eng	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	DRUID Working paper;2004-02	en_US
dc.subject.other	innovation	en_US
dc.subject.other	økonomisk vækst	en_US
dc.subject.other	udviklingsøkonomi	en_US
dc.subject.other	beskæftigelsesudvikling	en_US
dc.subject.other	u-lande	en_US
dc.subject.other	produktivitet	en_US
dc.title	Understanding Absorptive Capacities is an "Innovation Systems" Context	en_US
dc.type	wp	en_US
dc.accessionstatus	modt04mar02 inrumo	en_US
dc.contributor.corporation	Copenhagen Business School. CBS	en_US
dc.contributor.department	Institut for International Økonomi og Virksomhedsledelse	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentshort	INT	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentuk	Department of International Economics and Management	en_US
dc.contributor.departmentukshort	INT
dc.idnumber	x645152330	en_US
dc.publisher.city	København	en_US
dc.publisher.year	2004	en_US
dc.title.subtitle	Consequences for Economic and Employment Growth	en_US