The Impact of Academic Mobility on the Creation of Localized Intangible Assets

Daniel Schiller (1) , Javier Revilla-Diez (2)

1 Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography
2 Institute of Economic and Cultural Geography

Researchers are carriers of significant amounts of knowledge. International academic mobility is thus an important mechanism for inducing interregional knowledge flows. This paper analyzes mobility patterns of star scientists, the rationale behind their mobility decisions, and interrelations between academic mobility and the creation of localized intangible assets. In-depth material from 25 interviews with star scientists in Germany is combined with data from other studies. One major finding of this paper is that long-term mobility of star scientists in the past simultaneously increases the amount of induced knowledge flows and the creation of localized intangible assets.

Mots clés: Social Sciences & Humanities

Domaines: Science politique

Daniel Schiller, Javier Revilla-Diez. The Impact of Academic Mobility on the Creation of Localized Intangible Assets. Regional Studies, 2011, pp.1. ⟨10.1080/00343404.2011.571241⟩. ⟨hal-00710053⟩