Patterns of Knowledge Creation in European Regions: An Analysis by the Phases of the EU-Enlargements

Thomas Baumert ()
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Thomas Baumert: Universidad Antonio de Nebrija

A chapter in Advances in Longitudinal Data Methods in Applied Economic Research, 2021, pp 325-344 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter studies the determinants of regional knowledge production in Europe discriminating by the phases of the EU-enlargement (as a proxy for the degree of economic development). For this purpose, we combine factorial analysis with a regression model based on a knowledge production function. Our results evidence that there are clearly differentiated patterns in the knowledge production function of European regions according to the time of entrance of their corresponding countries into the EU: the less developed regions are, the more important the role of the Universities and of the Public administration in their Innovation Systems is; in more developed regions, however, the leading role is taken over by the Regional economic environment, the Sophistication of the (technological) demand as well as by the availability of financing in the form of Venture capital. We conclude that policy actions aimed to drive innovation should carefully consider the relative stage of development of the specific regional innovation system.

Keywords: Innovation systems; Regions; European Union; EU enlargement; Knowledge creation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-63970-9_23

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