DA Qiongyao
Competitive Intelligence.
2022, 18(6):
33-44.
The knowledge spillover comes from non-competition and partial exclusivity of technical knowledge. It affects enterprise productivity, innovation and entrepreneurship, and further influence enterprise location. This paper summarizes the connotation and measurement of knowledge spillover, analyzes the mechanism of knowledge-spillover affected enterprise location from three aspects: productivity, innovation and entrepreneurship. This paper investigates the influencing factors of knowledgespillover effect in three aspects, which is the source of knowledge spillover, the approach to knowledge spillover, the absorptive ability of enterprises, and reviews the empirical study on the influence of knowledge spillover on enterprise location. According to the current research, the influence of knowledge spillover on enterprise location varies according to the heterogeneity of enterprises, which shows that most enterprises locate in the knowledge-intensive knowledge center region by improving their absorptive ability to knowledge spillovers. A few technology frontier enterprises, as a spillover source, are concerned about “knowledge leakage” , and their locations are far away from the knowledge-intensive peripheral area of knowledge. This paper argues that the academic community should conduct in-depth theoretical and empirical research on the impact of knowledge spillover on the location of enterprises from the aspects of knowledge spillover and the movements of enterprises’ location selections. In order to make better use of knowledge spillover to improve the productivity of enterprises, promote enterprise innovation, stimulate entrepreneurs to start a business, achievethe optimal location of enterprises, and finally promote regional economic growth.