Workshop on Knowledge Flows

Centre for Globalisation Research, School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London
4th floor, Francis Bancroft Building, School of Business and Management

Friday, 23rd March 2007

Final Programme: html; pdf

Keynote Lectures: Beata S. Javorcik and Lee Branstetter

This workshop, organised by the Centre for Globalisation Research at the School of Business and Management, Queen Mary, University of London, will present a number of papers that study the transmission of knowledge within and/or across countries.

While the most visible dimensions of globalisation tend to be the flows of goods, services, capitals and people, globalisation is also playing the important role of fostering the international spread of knowledge. For instance, multinationals that segment their production lines across different countries may spillover some of their technology to local, host-country firms. Other issues include: patents and citations, multinationals, universities, worker mobility, outsourcing, research and development, social networks, knowledge management, etc.

Keynote lectures will be delivered by Beata Smarzynska Javorcik (World Bank) and Lee Branstetter (Carnegie Mellon University).

Authors of papers accepted at the workshop may also submit their papers to a special issue of the Review of International Economics and/or the Review of Development Economics. It is envisaged that papers accepted, after undergoing standard peer-review procedures, will be published during 2007. The conference fee for participants at the workshop is £100 (£30 for PhD students).

Email: busman-knowledge@qmul.ac.uk.

Organisers: Professor Brigitte Granville and Dr Pedro Martins

Last update: 5 June 2007