European R&D networks: A snapshot from the 7th EU Framework Programme

Sara Amoroso, Alex Coad () and Nicola Grassano

No 2017-05, JRC Working Papers on Corporate R&D and Innovation from Joint Research Centre

Abstract: Recent empirical studies have investigated the territorial impact of Europes research policies, in particular the contribution of the European Framework Programmes to the integration of a European Research Area. This paper deepens the analysis on the integration and participation of peripheral regions, by focusing on the differences in intensity and determinants of inter-regional collaborations across three groups of collaborations. We consider collaborations among more developed regions, between more and less developed regions, and among less developed regions. Building on the recent spatial interaction literature, this paper investigates the effects of physical, institutional, social and technological proximity on the intensity of inter-regional research collaboration across heterogeneous European regions. We find that the impact of disparities in human capital and technological proximity on regional R&D cooperation is relevant and differs across subgroups of collaborations. Moreover, despite the efforts of integrating marginal actors, peripheral regions have lower rates of collaborations.

Keywords: European Research Area; spatial interaction modelling; R&D collaboration; regional integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F15 L14 O38 R15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 37 pages
Date: 2017-07
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