Innovation performance and R&D expenditures in Western European regions
Divergence or convergence
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13023182 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Pavel Bednář (0000-0003-1250-5762, Regional Development Agency, corresponding author), Martina Halásková (0000-0002-6812-6158, Regional Development Agency) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 210-224 |
| Publication date | 2018-03-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2071-8330 • E-ISSN: 2306-3483 |
| Publisher | Centre of Sociological Research, NGO (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.14254/2071-8330.2018/11-1/16 |
| OpenAlex | W2800838805 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
Although Western Europe is a global leader in innovation activities among the OECD countries, these activities are not distributed evenly across NUTS 2 regions. Thus, the analysis of convergence or divergence related to innovation performance and R&D expenditures among Western European NUTS 2 regions is posed as the aim of this paper. Applying differential local version of spatial autocorrelation (LISA), difference-in-difference estimation the paper reveals the local variation of convergence and divergence and general spatial regime divergence in innovation performance and R&D expenditures within Western European NUTS 2 regions. Moreover, spatial lag cross-sectional regression provides support to the consideration of R&D expenditures as determinant for innovation performance along with the continuing divergence between most of Western and Southern European NUTS 2 regions and the others. Thus, the results confirm the stability in innovation performance and R&D expenditures in Western European NUTS 2 regions which could be the source of lagging behind not only other OECD countries but BRICS countries as well. On the regional level several NUTS 2 regions demonstrated the convergence dynamics, however, the general spatial divergence regime should lead to more actions regarding R&D polices under the EU programming period of 2014-2020
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| Citations per year | 0.71 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |