Transforming innovation models in European regions: Breaking out of path dependency and growing faster?
The aim of the paper is to verify whether a change in innovation model by less-developed regions may speed up development processes and if innovativeness plays crucial role in these processes. Cluster analysis conducted for the years 1994-2014 showed that the majority of lessdeveloped regions in 199...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2017-06-01
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| Series: | Miscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/mgrsd-2017-0006 |
| Summary: | The aim of the paper is to verify whether a change in innovation model by less-developed regions may speed up development processes and if innovativeness plays crucial role in these processes. Cluster analysis conducted for the years 1994-2014 showed that the majority of lessdeveloped regions in 1994-2000 that experienced significant growth by 2011-2014 changed their innovation models. Logit regression confirmed that innovation factors play a crucial role in high growth rates. The findings suggest that less-developed regions can break out of path dependency by increasing their shares of high-tech industries and employment in science and technology and boosting technology transfer, which usually involves changing and improving their innovation models. |
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| ISSN: | 2084-6118 |