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Leveraging on Circular Economy Technologies for Recombinant Dynamics: Do Localized Knowledge and Digital Complementarities Matter?

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This paper investigates the relationship between local knowledge bases and recombinant dynamics in CE technologies. We focus on the role of accumulated green and digital complementary capabilities and posit that they are positively associated to regional ability to absorb and integrate new technological opportunities in CE- based recombinations. The empirical analysis, conducted on a dataset of European NUTS2 regions over the period 1985-2015, suggests that both green and digital complementary localized capabilities represent crucial leverage for regional recombinant activities around CE technologies.

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  • Fusillo, Fabrizio & Quatraro, Francesco & Santhià , Cristina, 2023. "Leveraging on Circular Economy Technologies for Recombinant Dynamics: Do Localized Knowledge and Digital Complementarities Matter?," Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis LEI & BRICK - Laboratory of Economics of Innovation "Franco Momigliano", Bureau of Research in Innovation, Complexity and Knowledge, Collegio 202302, University of Turin.
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