Knowledge Production in European Regions: The Impact of Regional Strategies and Regionalization on Innovation

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Abstract

In the last 15 years, the regional scale was used to implement innovation strategies in European Union. Departing from the discussion of the relevance of innovation policy at the regional level, the article benefits from the knowledge production function framework to estimate patterns considering 175 European regions. It is intended to understand whether regional innovation strategies developed and applied between 1994 and 2001 were successful at an aggregated level in contributing for knowledge creation measured in terms of patents and high technology patents. The results underline the relevance of private RD expenditure and medium and high technology employment to increase patent numbers. The models suggest also that administrative regionalization may be important to regional innovation and that the creation and implementation of a regional strategy have a positive contribution for high tech innovation.

Original languageEnglish
Article number927028289
Pages (from-to)1731-1748
Number of pages18
JournalEuropean Planning Studies
Volume18
Issue number10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010

Keywords

  • ABSORPTIVE-CAPACITY
  • LATENT DIMENSIONS
  • SYSTEMS
  • PERSPECTIVE
  • TECHNOLOGY
  • CLUSTERS
  • POLICIES
  • GROWTH

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