Absorptive capacity and localized spillovers: focal firms as technological gatekeepers in industrial districts

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The Role of External Linkages and Gatekeepers for the Renewal and Expansion of US Cities' Knowledge Base, 1990–2004 (2015, background): “In this respect, the recent literature suggests that gatekeepers play a fundamental role as mediators of the knowledge exchanges between external and local actors (GIULIANI and BELL, 2005; MORRISON, 2008; MORRISON et al., 2013; MUNARI et al., 2012).”
Towards an Evolutionary Perspective on Regional Resilience (2015, background): “These studies focus on gatekeepers in regions, and on the extent to which local agents benefit or not from the presence of gatekeepers and their global linkages (GIULIANI and BELL, 2005; CANTNER and GRAF, 2006; MORRISON, 2008; MORRISON and RABELLOTTI, 2009; GRAF, 2011; MUNARI et al., 2012).”