Does a Rising Tide Lift All Boats? The role of EU Framework Programme Beneficiaries in Regional Knowledge Networks

Dima Yankova and Milad Abbasiharofteh

No 2520, Papers in Evolutionary Economic Geography (PEEG) from Utrecht University, Department of Human Geography and Spatial Planning, Group Economic Geography

Abstract: European innovation policy combines place-based and spatially blind instruments that operate under distinct logics. Building synergies between them requires not only regulatory alignment, but a better understanding of how economic actors interact across policy levels. This study examines how companies’ participation in the European Framework Programmes (FP) influences their propensity to engage in regional R&D partnerships, supported by Cohesion Policy. We analyse longitudinal data on Valencian firms using inferential network analysis (i.e., Temporal Exponential Random Graph Models). Results indicate that FP beneficiaries are more active in regional tie formation than non-FP firms, especially when academic intermediaries are involved. Yet, they also tend to collaborate with each other, limiting opportunities for knowledge diffusion among firms that do not benefit from the international collaboration premium.

Keywords: rR&D network; innovation policy; intermediaries; TERGM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025-07, Revised 2025-07
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