The role of collaborative networks in supporting the innovation performances of lagging-behind European regions
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2018
Citazione:
The role of collaborative networks in supporting the innovation performances of lagging-behind European regions / I. De Noni, L. Orsi, F. Belussi. - In: RESEARCH POLICY. - ISSN 0048-7333. - 47:1(2018 Feb), pp. 1-13. [10.1016/j.respol.2017.09.006]
Abstract:
In rapidly changing regional economies, less innovative European regions (henceforth referred to as laggingbehind
regions) must actively work to reduce the gap between them and knowledge-intensive regions. Recent
literature has stressed that the lack of efficient institutional settings reduces the opportunities of local knowledge
spillover and increases the need for local organisations to exploit collaborative networks to better support their
innovation performance. In this light, since increasing attention has recently been directed at the role of interregional
collaborations, we have measured the capacity of local innovative organisations embedded in laggingbehind
European regions to develop internal and external regional inventors’ networks by exploring their collaborative
patenting processes. Then, a seven-year panel dataset (2002–2008) was organised using patents data
at a regional level to validate the research hypothesis that collaborations, and specifically with highly innovative
(knowledge-intensive) regions, positively affect the innovation performances of lagging-behind regions. Finally,
the implications of EU policies for supporting lagging-behind regions are discussed.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
Regional innovation performance; Collaboration; Inventors network; Lagging-behind regions; Patent analysis
Elenco autori:
I. De Noni, L. Orsi, F. Belussi
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