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The Role of Intra-, Inter-, and Extra-Regional Sources of Knowledge Spillovers. The Evidence of High-Tech Industries

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While Chap. 3 focused on RIS and local or intra-regional drivers of the regional innovation processes, this chapter aims to investigate inter- and extra-regional knowledge spillovers across EU regions. Inspired by the previously discussed literature in Chap. 1 and by factual innovation trends in the EU presented in Chap. 2, this chapter aims to investigate geographically and technologically determined knowledge spillovers among European regions and thus contribute to the understanding of the diffusion processes of innovation and knowledge in space. The inflow of R&D spillovers from extra- and inter-regional sources may be an important additional source of technological advantage for many regions.

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  1. 1.

    The main goal of the ERA is to strengthen networking between research partners and across research disciplines as well as to link geographically-distant centers of excellence and to disseminate knowledge across Europe. Data on research networks financed by the EU within the different FP are publicly available through the CORDIS.

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    The knowledge spillovers matrix was based on Greunz (2003).

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    The respondents were approached by a personal contact, email, and a phone call.

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    Bertolotti (2005) refers to lasers as one of the most important scientific inventions of the twentieth century, with a great variety of applications that include range finding and transmission and storage of information, material processing, printing, and medical technology.

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Runiewicz-Wardyn, M. (2013). The Role of Intra-, Inter-, and Extra-Regional Sources of Knowledge Spillovers. The Evidence of High-Tech Industries. In: Knowledge Flows, Technological Change and Regional Growth in the European Union. Contributions to Economics. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00342-9_4

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