Observing Integration Processes in European R&D Networks: A Comparative Spatial Interaction Approach Using Project Based R&D Networks and Co-patent Networks

Rafael Lata, Thomas Scherngell () and Thomas Brenner
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Rafael Lata: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Thomas Scherngell: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Thomas Brenner: Philipps University Marburg

Chapter Chapter 8 in The Geography of Networks and R&D Collaborations, 2013, pp 131-150 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This study focuses on integration processes in European R&D by analyzing the spatio-temporal dimension of two different R&D collaboration networks across Europe. These networks cover different types of knowledge creation, namely co-patent networks and project based R&D networks within the EU Framework Programmes (FPs). Integration in European R&D – one of the main pillars of the EU Science Technology and Innovation (STI) policy – refers to the harmonisation of fragmented national research systems across Europe and to the free movement of knowledge and researchers. The objective is to describe and compare spatio-temporal patterns at a regional level, and to estimate the evolution of separation effects over the time period 1999–2006 that influence the probability of cross-region collaborations in the distinct networks under consideration. The study adopts a spatial interaction modeling perspective, econometrically specifying a panel generalized linear model relationship, taking into account spatial autocorrelation among flows by using Eigenfunction spatial filtering methods. The results show that geographical factors are a lower hurdle for R&D collaborations in FP networks than in co-patent networks. Further it is shown that the geographical dynamics of progress towards more integration is higher in the FP network.

Keywords: Spatial Autocorrelation; Collaboration Network; Knowledge Flow; European Patent Office; Separation Variable (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02699-2_8

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