The effect of R&D co-location on innovation activities in Great Britain
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: This paper analyses the effect of research and development (R&D) co-location on the extensive and intensive margins of innovative activities. To mitigate modifiable areal unit problems, measures of co-location are constructed using distances between plants. The results show that intra-industry R&D co-location has little effect on innovative activities, whereas inter-industry R&D co-location has positive effects, although these tend to diminish as co-location increases. In low-tech industries, the effects of inter-industry co-location are driven by co-location with businesses in related industries, but in high-tech industries, they are the result of R&D co-location with unrelated industries.
Source: Figshare
Authors: Harris, Richard, Moffat, John
Language: English
Subfield: Economics and Econometrics
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6958093789
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