Not all peripheries are the same: The importance of relative regional innovativeness in transnational innovation networks

Calignano, Giuseppe

doi:10.1111/grow.12585

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“…Despite the existence of "oligarchic networks" that are dominated by a few organizations and regions (see [60,61] in this regard), a recent study conducted by Calignano [62] demonstrates how regions that show higher levels of innovativeness than the respective national average achieve satisfactory participation in the EU innovation networks, even in the case of lessadvanced regions that are situated in marginally or only moderately innovative countries. This seems to be consistent with another empirical analysis that demonstrates how less-advanced regions may, in some cases, be particularly innovative and well connected to regional and more geographically distant partners [63].…”

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Less-advanced regions in EU innovation networks: Could nanotechnology represent a possible trigger for path upgrading?

Calignano,

Jørgensen Nordli

2024

PLoS ONE

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This paper examines whether nanotechnology projects funded under the European Union (EU) Framework Programmes (FPs) are a possible trigger for path upgrading (i.e., infusion of new technologies in existing traditional sectors) in less-advanced regions. First, the adoption of cluster analysis and a set of key indicators (i.e., technological intensity, scientific excellence, human capital, and research and development expenditure) allowed us to distinguish between 79 more-advanced and 127 less-advanced EU regions. Subsequently, through social network analysis and nonparametric testing we were able to demonstrate how the less-advanced EU regions (average degree centrality: 40.5) play a marginal role compared with the more-advanced ones (average degree centrality: 98.5) in the nanotechnology network created within Horizon 2020—i.e., the EU programming cycle implemented in the 2014–2020 period. Despite this, we observed that a few less-advanced regions (33 out of 127) were able to score higher than the EU median in terms of participation in the targeted nanotechnology network, thus benefiting from relevant knowledge flows potentially leading to re-industrialization processes. The adoption of qualitative comparative analysis allowed us to determine which combinations of key innovation, scientific and socioeconomic factors could facilitate such beneficial interregional interactions and related knowledge exchange in these types of regions (i.e., primarily what we defined as “relative innovativeness,” excellence in nanotechnology research and a comparatively high level of gross domestic product per capita). Our empirical results provided some clear policy implications. For instance, the necessity to I) remove the barriers impeding a more balanced participation to promote a widespread renewal of traditional industries in less-advanced regions and II) implement coordinated EU and domestic actions designed to encourage the involvement of the great majority of the less-advanced regions, which remain marginal in the periodically launched FPs.

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Less-advanced regions in EU innovation networks: Could nanotechnology represent a possible trigger for path upgrading?

Calignano,

Jørgensen Nordli

2024

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“…In this context, China regards green development as an important path for transforming its mode of economic development and achieving high-quality development [7]. Green innovation can realize industrial transformation and upgrading, reduce resource consumption and environmental damage, and improve resource allocation efficiency, making it an effective way to achieve high-quality development of the urban economy [8,9]. Accordingly, it is important to enhance urban economic resilience and promote the sustainable development of the urban economy by studying the impact of green innovation on urban economic resilience.…”

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The Impact of Green Innovation Capacity on Urban Economic Resilience: Evidence from China’s Yangtze River Delta Region

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Zeng,

Liu

2023

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Urban green innovation plays a crucial role in achieving sustainable urban economic development, and urban economic resilience is an important manifestation of urban economic development. This prese nt study aims to investigate how green innovation contributes to urban economies’ resilience, which is essential for long-term urban agglomeration expansion and sustainable economic development. To decrease subjectivity and achieve comprehensive evaluation, this study first constructs an index system for evaluating green innovation capability on urban economic resilience, which contains 21 indicators in three areas, including innovation input, innovation output, and green innovation foundation, and the performs a scientific evaluation using the TOPSIS method. On this basis, using the Super-SBM model, the green innovation efficiency value of cities in the Yangtze River Delta (YRD) is calculated. Finally, ArcGIS 10.8 software is used to classify the economic resilience of the 26 cities in the YRD city cluster and analyze the spatial layout characteristics of urban economic resilience. The results show that: (1) the decision evaluation model used in this study is stable and effective, and it can effectively address the issues of subjective assessment processes and information redundancy; (2) green innovation capacity has a positive contribution to urban economic resilience, and its contribution is more significant for cities with strong economic strength; and (3) the green innovation capacity of the YRD city cluster is unevenly distributed, with Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Nanjing having high levels of green innovation capacity and strong urban economic resilience, thus forming the core area of cities radiating outward, showing a “core-edge” spatially. Finally, suggestions for improving the overall economic resilience of urban agglomerations are provided.

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“…The main factors determining the economic growth of individual countries and regions in recent decades are Science, Technology and Innovation (STI) [1][2][3]. In the free-market global economy, these factors have a key impact on the competitiveness of companies from these countries and regions.…”

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Assessing the Level of Innovation of Poland from the Perspective of Regions between 2010 and 2020

Brodny

Tutak

2022

Journal of Open Innovation: Technology, Market, and Complexity

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The growing and expanding zone of the free-market economy results in increasing competition in the global market, which leads companies to seek and implement solutions that will give them a competitive advantage. The authorities of countries and regions are also increasingly involved in this process, seeing it as an opportunity to develop and build a knowledge-based economy. One of the main factors improving competitiveness and providing opportunities for development is innovation, particularly developed at the local level. For this reason, activities that support research and development of innovation at the regional level are increasingly appreciated and gain greater importance. This article refers to regional innovation in Poland by analyzing its level between 2010 and 2020. The basis of the analysis was 15 selected indicators characterizing three dimensions related to the innovative development of regions, namely innovative capacity, innovative position, and economic development. This assessment was regarded as a multi-criteria problem, for which the CODAS method was used. Its application made it possible to achieve the main objective of this paper, which was to determine the level of innovation of studied regions and, on this basis, to create their ranking. In addition, the evaluation of the level of innovation of the regions for each of the analyzed dimensions was also carried out, and the relationship between the level of economic development and the capacity and innovative position of the regions was specified. The measure for evaluating the level of innovation, for each case studied, was the value of the Hi index, taken as a synthetic measure of regional innovation. The results show that the level of innovation for the regions in Poland varies widely as a function of time as well as the location of these regions. Differences in the dynamics of change and different levels of development of the analyzed dimensions characterizing innovation are evident. The results provide new knowledge in the field of regional development and should be used when creating a regional development strategy for individual regions, Poland, and the EU.

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Not all peripheries are the same: The importance of relative regional innovativeness in transnational innovation networks

Cited by 12 publications

References 68 publications

Less-advanced regions in EU innovation networks: Could nanotechnology represent a possible trigger for path upgrading?

Less-advanced regions in EU innovation networks: Could nanotechnology represent a possible trigger for path upgrading?

The Impact of Green Innovation Capacity on Urban Economic Resilience: Evidence from China’s Yangtze River Delta Region

Assessing the Level of Innovation of Poland from the Perspective of Regions between 2010 and 2020

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