Innovative Places in Europe : Research Clustering, Co-Patenting Networks and the Growth of Regions

Regional disparities and spatial clustering are ubiquitous in today’s world. This study contributes with empirical findings on the distribution of European research and patenting activity since the 1980s at the regional level. Besides a general theoretical part, it offers a quantitative clustering a...

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Tipo de recurso:
Book
Fecha de publicación:
2012
Institución:
Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Repositorio:
Expeditio: repositorio UTadeo
Idioma:
eng
OAI Identifier:
oai:expeditiorepositorio.utadeo.edu.co:20.500.12010/20830
Acceso en línea:
https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28684
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12010/20830
Palabra clave:
Economic growth
International trade
Economic systems & structures
Política económica
Desarrollo económico
Asistencia económica
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Summary:Regional disparities and spatial clustering are ubiquitous in today’s world. This study contributes with empirical findings on the distribution of European research and patenting activity since the 1980s at the regional level. Besides a general theoretical part, it offers a quantitative clustering analysis, which makes use of EPO patent applications and a harmonized regional and technological classification. Moreover, the pan-European study incorporates a structural analysis of inter-regional co-patenting networks at the regional and technological level that covers the 1990s and 2000s. Finally, European regional income and growth disparities are addressed by placing emphasis on the spatial distribution of research activity and the regional settlement structure.