Transforming innovation models in European regions: Breaking out of path dependency and growing faster?

Pylak Korneliusz () and Wojnicka-Sycz Elżbieta ()
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Pylak Korneliusz: Department of Economics and Management of Economy, Faculty of Management, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, Poland
Wojnicka-Sycz Elżbieta: Department of Management, Institute of Organization and Management, Gdansk University, Gdansk, Poland

Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, 2017, vol. 21, issue 2, 51-59

Abstract: The aim of the paper is to verify whether a change in innovation model by less-developed regions may speed up development processes and if innovativeness plays crucial role in these processes. Cluster analysis conducted for the years 1994-2014 showed that the majority of lessdeveloped regions in 1994-2000 that experienced significant growth by 2011-2014 changed their innovation models. Logit regression confirmed that innovation factors play a crucial role in high growth rates. The findings suggest that less-developed regions can break out of path dependency by increasing their shares of high-tech industries and employment in science and technology and boosting technology transfer, which usually involves changing and improving their innovation models.

Keywords: Regional development; development path; path dependency; lessdeveloped region; innovation model; innovativeness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1515/mgrsd-2017-0006

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