1. The impact of relational spillovers from joint research projects on knowledge creation across European regions
- Author
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Di Cagno, Daniela, Fabrizi, Andrea, Meliciani, Valentina, Wanzenböck, Iris, Dynamics of Innovation Systems, Innovation Studies, Dynamics of Innovation Systems, and Innovation Studies
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Knowledge management ,Contiguity ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,jel:C23 ,Relational spillovers, R&D collaboration, knowledge, EU Framework Programmes, spatial correlation, patents ,02 engineering and technology ,Knowledge creation ,Order (exchange) ,Management of Technology and Innovation ,0502 economics and business ,R&D collaboration ,Economic geography ,Relational spillovers ,050207 economics ,Business and International Management ,Applied Psychology ,Patents ,business.industry ,European research ,05 social sciences ,021107 urban & regional planning ,EU Framework Programmes ,Joint research ,jel:O31 ,Knowledge ,Business ,jel:R12 ,Construct (philosophy) ,Spatial correlation - Abstract
This paper investigates the impact of “relational” spillovers arising from participation in European research networks on knowledge creation across European regions. We use links in EU Framework Programmes (from the Fourth to the Seventh) to weight foreign R&D in order to construct a relational distance matrix across 257 European regions over the period 1995-2010. We, then, assess the impact of relational spillovers on regional patent applications controlling also for local spatial spillovers. We find that relational spillovers matter for knowledge creation although spatial contiguity remains a crucial factor. We also find that spillovers are higher when regions with different levels of R&D participate in European networks. .
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- 2016