Modelling R&D and Innovation Support Systems – Analysis of Regional Cluster Structures in Innovation in Portugal

Teresa de Noronha, Purificación Vicente Galindo and Peter Nijkamp
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Purificación Vicente Galindo: University of the Algarve, Faro, Portugal

No 13-107/VIII, Tinbergen Institute Discussion Papers from Tinbergen Institute

Abstract: This paper offers a new methodology to identify R&D and innovation clusters, on the basis of a regional analysis of innovation support systems in Portugal. Using a web-based inventory of R&D and innovation agencies, an extensive data base is created. This data set is next analyzed by means of Principal Coordinates Analysis followed by a Logistic Biplot approach (leading to Voronoi mappings) in order to design a systematic typology of innovation clusters in the main regions in Portugal. A striking result is the significant difference in innovation systems at regional level in Portugal. The paper is concluded with policy recommendations.

Keywords: R&D and innovation; regional innovation systems; principal coordinates analysis; logistic biplot; Voronoi mapping; public policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q16 Q55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-08-02
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