Club convergence in innovation activity across European regions

2019 ◽  
Vol 98 (4) ◽  
pp. 1545-1565 ◽  
Author(s):  
Candelaria Barrios ◽  
Esther Flores ◽  
M. Ángeles Martínez
Keyword(s):  
Innovation Activity ◽  
European Regions ◽  
Club Convergence

Club convergence in European regions

2006 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 569-574 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rita De Siano ◽  
Marcella D’Uva
Keyword(s):  
European Regions ◽  
Club Convergence

scholarly journals Spatial Spillovers and Innovation Activity in European Regions

2005 ◽  
Vol 37 (10) ◽  
pp. 1793-1812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosina Moreno ◽  
Raffaele Paci ◽  
Stefano Usai
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Econometrics ◽  
Spatial Data ◽  
Spatial Association ◽  
Innovative Activity ◽  
Spatial Data Analysis ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
European Patent ◽  
European Regions ◽  
Spatial Spillovers ◽  
Set Up

This paper explores the spatial distribution of innovative activity and the role of technological spillovers in the process of knowledge creation and diffusion across 175 regions of seventeen countries in Europe (the fifteen members of the pre-2004 European Union plus Switzerland and Norway). The analysis is based on a databank set up by CRENoS on regional patenting at the European Patent Office, spanning 1978–2001 and classified by ISIC sectors. The first step is an exploratory spatial data analysis of the dissemination of innovative activity in Europe. The goal of the rest of the paper is to analyse to what extent externalities that cross regional boundaries can explain the spatial association process detected in the distribution of innovative activity in the European regions. The framework given by the knowledge-production function together with the use of spatial econometrics techniques allow us to look for insights on the mechanics of knowledge interdependences across regions, which are shown to exist. Empirical results point to the relevance of internal regional factors (R&D expenditure and agglomeration economies). Moreover, the production of knowledge appears also to be affected by spatial spillovers due to innovative activity (both patenting and R&D) performed in other regions. Additional results show that spillovers are mostly constrained by national borders within less than 250 km, and that technological similarity between regions also matters.

scholarly journals Club Convergence in R&D Expenditure across European Regions

2022 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 832
Author(s):  
Tomasz Kijek ◽  
Arkadiusz Kijek ◽  
Anna Matras-Bolibok
Keyword(s):  
Factor Model ◽  
Regional Growth ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
High Tech ◽  
European Regions ◽  
Regional Innovation ◽  
Club Convergence ◽  
Convergence Clubs ◽  
Club Membership ◽  
Knowledge Intensive

The increasing disparities between European regions constitute a great challenge for sustainable development and require identification of the factors responsible for this process. Given the substantive role of R&D in shaping innovativeness and economic development, understanding its dynamics and spatial patterns can provide new insights into regional growth prospects. Although prior studies have investigated the patterns of innovation convergence, apparently none has attempted to test the convergence club hypothesis in R&D expenditure in the European regional scope. Therefore, the present study aims to fill this gap. The paper aims at examining the convergence path of R&D expenditure across European regions and at identifying the factors conditioning club membership. Data were retrieved from Eurostat’s regional database and Regional Innovation Scoreboard datasets over 2008–2018. Employing a nonlinear time-varying factor model, we reveal that R&D expenditure in the examined regions follows the pattern of club convergence. The results of our research allow to identify five convergence clubs characterised by distinct disparities in the R&D expenditures. We also demonstrate that the emergence of the identified convergence clubs might be attributable to the initial differences in human capital, external knowledge embedded in patents and technological structures across regions as measured by employment in medium-high and high-tech manufacturing and knowledge-intensive services. These results provide policy implications in terms of the formulation and implementation of more tailored innovation policies, based on smart development and specialisation strategies. The presence of business R&D convergence clubs requires shifting EU policy actions towards a more sustainable model promoting both the advantages of the strongest regions and the development opportunities in less-developed ones.

К ВОПРОСУ ОПРЕДЕЛЕНИЯ ФИНАНСОВО-ПРАВОВОГО РЕГУЛИРОВАНИЯ В СФЕРЕ ОБРАЗОВАНИЯ И НАУКИ В РФ: ПРОБЛЕМНЫЕ АСПЕКТЫ И ПУТИ ИХ РЕШЕНИЯ, СРАВНИТЕЛЬНЫЙ АНАЛИЗ С ЗАРУБЕЖНЫМИ СТРАНАМИ

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Михаил Геннадьевич Чепрасов ◽  
Юлия Станиславовна Лисачева ◽  
Евгения Дмитриевна Стрельникова
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Foreign Countries ◽  
The Russian Federation

This article discusses the problematic aspects of the financial and legal regulation of innovation activity in the Russian Federation, as well as ways to solve them. A comparative analysis with foreign countries is presented. В данной статье рассмотрены проблемные аспекты финансово-правового регулирования инновационной деятельности в РФ, а также пути их решения. Представлен сравнительный анализ с зарубежными странами.

RESEARCH ON INVESTMENT AND INNOVATION ACTIVITY IN UKRAINE: TRENDS AND PROBLEMS

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (01) ◽  
pp. 5-73
Author(s):  
Anatoliy Ivanovich Bogdanenko
Keyword(s):  
State Policy ◽  
Innovation System ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Innovation Activity ◽  
Legal Principles ◽  
Innovation Activities ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Intellectual Potential ◽  
Innovation Processes

In the monograph the theoretical identification of concepts and categorical series of state regulation of investment-innovation processes are investigated; the directions of optimization of the state policy of innovation and investment development management in Ukraine are determined; the organizational and legal principles of the state regulation of development of intellectual potential of the population are substantiated; the areas of development and improvement of the national innovation system as an object of state policy are highlighted and assessed. The monograph will be interesting for scholars, lecturers, doctoral and graduate students, and will also be useful to practical politicians, journalists and media workers and a wide range of readers interested in investment and innovation activities.

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