Tracking pathways towards a bioeconomy: a sequence analysis of regional patent portfolios

Sebastian Losacker, Nicolas Befort (nicolas.befort@neoma-bs.fr), Lukas Kriesch (lukas.kriesch@geogr.uni-giessen.de) and Stephane Lhuillery (stephane.lhuillery@neoma-bs.fr)
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Nicolas Befort: NEOMA Business School, Postal: France
Lukas Kriesch: Justus Liebig University Giessen, Postal: Germany
Stephane Lhuillery: NEOMA Business School, Postal: Germany

No 2024/21, Papers in Innovation Studies from Lund University, CIRCLE - Centre for Innovation Research

Abstract: National governments worldwide have implemented strategies to transition towards biobased economies, primarily driven by technological progress. However, how this transition unfolds at the regional level remains under-researched. This paper aims to uncover regional trajectories towards a bioeconomy with a focus on bio-based technologies. We build on the geography of innovation literature and show that potential pathways towards regional bioeconomies are very heterogeneous, thus requiring place-based policy strategies to advance the bioeconomy and its innovations. Empirically, the paper combines two unique patent datasets to reveal how the bioeconomy patent portfolio of 617 regions from 27 OECD countries has changed from 1982 to 2014. We utilize geographical sequence analysis, a novel tool recently introduced to geographical research, and shift-share techniques to categorize and better understand the regional trajectories.

Keywords: Bioeconomy; Sequence Analysis; Geography of Innovation; Sustainability Transitions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O31 R11 R12 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2024-12-03
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