The paper articulates and tests the hypothesis that current direction of technological change is knowledge- rather than capital intensive. new accounting procedures identify quantify intangible assets allow us to test role capitalized knowledge as an input in technology production function. micro-level evidence from US listed companies included Compustat, over period 1977–2016, confirms has bee...

How do regions enter new and distant technological fields? Who is triggering this process? This work addresses these compelling research questions by investigating the role of migrant inventors in process diversification. Immigrant can indeed act as carriers knowledge across borders influence direction change. We test latter propositions using an original dataset immigrant context European duri...

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