Repeated collaboration of inventors across European regions

Gergő Tóth (), Zoltán Elekes (), Sándor Juhász () and Balázs Lengyel
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Gergő Tóth: Agglomeration and Social Networks Lendület Research Group, Centre for Economic-and Regional Studies, Budapest, Hungary and Spatial Dynamics Lab, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
Zoltán Elekes: Agglomeration and Social Networks Research Group, Centre for Economic and Regional Studiesand Centre for Regional Science at Umea University (CERUM), Umea University, 90187 Umea, Sweden
Sándor Juhász: NETI Lab, Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies, Budapest Corvinus University, Budapest, Hungary

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Abstract: This paper explores the spatial patterns and underlying determinants of repeated inventor collaboration across European NUTS 3 regions. It is found that only a small fraction of co-inventor linkages across regions are repeated, while community detection reveals that these collaborations are clustered in geographical space more intensively compared with collaboration in general. Additional results from gravity modelling indicate that links in the inter-regional co-patenting network emerge mainly through the triadic collaboration of regions, while geographical proximity becomes the most influential factor for repeating co-inventor ties. In addition to that, the combination of technological similarity and shared third partner regions offer a premium for the likelihood of repeating collaboration, but only when geographical proximity is present as an enabler.

Keywords: collaborative knowledge production; inter-regional collaboration; co-inventor network; repeated collaboration; European Research Area; gravity model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D85 O31 O43 O52 R11 R58 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 pages
Date: 2021-03
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