Regional Technological Differences: The Case of Southern European Union

Posted: 17 Nov 2009

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Sotiris Karkalakos

University of Exeter Business School - Department of Economics

Date Written: 2005

Abstract

The relationship between the productivity rate of patents in the southern European Union (France, Italy, Spain) are analyzed, as well as the factors that generate new technological knowledge at the lowest level of spatial aggregation. Following a discussion of innovation in the European Union, data on the number of patents granted to various regions of the southern EU are described.Next, a spatial economic framework is used to study the spatial patterns of patents' productivity.A model of growth rates is then presented, followed by empirical results. These results suggest that the productivity of patents is highly related to the spatial dimension of R&D and employment. In other words, the effect of R&D and employment on the innovative activity of any geographical location spills over from outside those locations.The implications of the findings for regional economic policy are discussed. (SAA)

Keywords: European Patent Office, Spillover effects, Technology transfer, Public policies, Regions, Colleges & universities, Patents, Geographic distribution, R&D, Innovation process, Knowledge production, Firm growth, Employment, Knowledge spillovers

Suggested Citation

Karkalakos, Sotiris, Regional Technological Differences: The Case of Southern European Union (2005). University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Academy for Entrepreneurial Leadership Historical Research Reference in Entrepreneurship, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1506829

Sotiris Karkalakos (Contact Author)

University of Exeter Business School - Department of Economics ( email )

Streatham Court
Exeter, EX4 4RJ
United Kingdom

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