The Community Structure of European R&D Collaboration

Michael J. Barber () and Thomas Scherngell
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Michael J. Barber: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology
Thomas Scherngell: AIT Austrian Institute of Technology

Chapter Chapter 9 in The Geography of Networks and R&D Collaborations, 2013, pp 151-173 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract We characterize the geography of communities in the European R&D network using data on R&D projects funded by the fifth European Framework Programme. Communities are subnetworks whose members are more tightly linked to one another than to other members of the network. We characterize the communities by means of spatial interaction models, and estimate the impact of separation factors on the variation of cross-region collaboration activities in a given community at the level of 255 NUTS-2 regions. The results demonstrate that European R&D networks are made up of distinct, relevant substructures characterized by spatially heterogeneous community groups.

Keywords: European Patent Office; International Patent Classification; Bipartite Network; European Research Area; Spatial Interaction Model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-02699-2_9

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