Spatio-temporal patterns of knowledge transfer in the borderland

Mikhaylov, Andrey S.; Wendt, Jan A.; Peker, Irina Yu.; Mikhaylova, Anna A.

doi:10.5922/2079-8555-2020-1-8

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“…Subsequent works on cross-border tourism [20][21][22][23] focus on the political, social and economic aspects of the problem or its theoretical approach [24][25][26][27]. There is also a wealth of literature on cross-border cooperation, especially in the EU Euroregion [28][29][30][31] and at its external borders [16,17,32,33]. We also have a relatively large amount of research devoted directly or indirectly to tourism in Romania's cross-border regions.…”

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Transport Infrastructure and Political Factors as Determinants of Tourism Development in the Cross-Border Region of Bihor and Maramureş. A Comparative Analysis

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This article follows two important interconnected aspects. On one hand, it investigates whether the political factors represented by the presence of ethnic minorities can be a catalyst for tourism development in cross-border regions, in addition to the development of transport infrastructure. On the other hand, it offers a comparative analysis and territorial diagnosis of the Bihor-Hajdú–Bihar and Maramureş–Zakarpattya cross border regions, analyzing the main tourist indicators and the advances made in the development of the transport infrastructure with a role in the development of tourism. The paper is based on desk and quantitative research involving national and regional statistic data. Research on the literature regarding Hungarian–Romanian and Romanian–Ukrainian borderland was also realized, in order to conduct comparative analysis useful to identify and evaluate the factors linked with tourism development. Using a multiscale approach, the objective is to determine if there is a correlation between the development of the transport network and the increase in tourist traffic. The results show that transport infrastructure plays a critical role in ensuring the connections of border regions. Although the two regions are contiguous, there is an obvious difference in cross-border traffic due to the presence of two different types of border. The transport network and tourism situation in Bihor has improved in the last years, especially under the impact of cross-border cooperation, but the accessibility remains relatively low. In Maramureş, the development of cross-border connections is based on cultural exchange, and less on economic relations. Transport accessibility is a strong point of the Hungarian–Romanian borderland and represents an obstacle for the development of tourism in the Romanian–Ukrainian borderland.

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Transport Infrastructure and Political Factors as Determinants of Tourism Development in the Cross-Border Region of Bihor and Maramureş. A Comparative Analysis

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“…In accordance with Asheim & Gertler (2005), we recognize the importance for the generation of new knowledge of a variety of interactions between different actors -firms, organizations in the scientific sector, government agencies. In this regard, the analysis of R&D projects as the basis of a knowledge production system, in our opinion, is of greater interest than, for example, the analysis of patents (Bilbao-Osorio & Rodríguez-Pose, 2004) or publications (Mikhaylov et al, 2020), because funding and execution of R&D involves a wide range of organizations in a triple helix mode. The possibility of geocoding the location of all organizations involved in the knowledge produc-tion process and quantifying their contribution to R&D makes it possible to assess the configuration and strength of internal and external links for knowledge production.…”

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Coastal regions in the geography of innovation activity: A comparative assessment of marine basins

Mikhaylov¹,

Mikhaylova²,

Maksimenko³

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Geographica Pannonica

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Across the globe marine coasts are experiencing an outstripping growth of the population and economic activity, a phenomenon known as coastalization. Most global cities and industry clusters are located in coastal regions acting as economic growth nodes for their respective countries. This divergence is equally true for national innovation systems, gravitating towards highly urbanized coastal areas. The study is designed to evaluate the spatial stratification of the knowledge production between the coastal regions located in different marine basins - Azov-Black, Caspian, Baltic, Arctic, and Pacific. In order to level-out the national differences of the innovation policy and institutional architecture, the research is held in a single country - the Russian Federation. Our research hypothesis suggests that the knowledge production domain of the innovation activity is influenced by urbanization and coastalization, i.e. the proximity to the core city and the coast. We also expect that the coastalization factor would be reflected in intensified involvement of coastal municipalities in knowledge production networks. The study is based on processing the ROSRID database of 66,647 research projects implemented in 2017-2019 and geocoded using the Yandex.Maps API. The research has shown that the urbanization factor has the strongest influence in configuration of R&D networks - the core centers of knowledge production are the largest cities in marine basins that give further impetus to the involvement of neighboring municipalities. Nearly 70% of municipalities across marine basins have limited or no involvement in the knowledge production, except the Baltic and Azov-Black Sea basins that feature the strongest performance. Overall, the proximity to the coast of non-freezing seas has a positive correlation with the number of R&Ds executed and funded. Considering the research topics, the share of marine-related research is typically funded by coastal regions, whereas the executed R&Ds cover a broad variety of topics. Research results enrich the notion of geography of innovation and advance our understanding of the spatial factors in knowledge distribution within the national innovation system.

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“…The diversity of cultures, ideas, and knowledge "spilling" over the border support the absorption of new technologies and innovation. The border regions could act as testing grounds collecting the tacit knowledge and adopting the foreign-born innovations to the national institutional context (Mikhaylov et al, 2020). As noted by Zach and Hill (2017), networking and boundary spanning favors the in-flow of new ideas, while close collaboration facilitates the implementation and application of the shared knowledge.…”

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The Interdependence Between Tourism and Innovation Activity in the Western Borderlands of Russia

Gorochnaya¹,

Mikhaylov²,

Plotnikova³

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An intensive movement of people, which is typical in areas with strong tourism industry, is perceived to provide numerous positive externalities with regards to the diversity of cultures, ideas, and knowledge. Border regions act as natural contact zones experiencing the influx of tourists across borders. The borderland is expected to benefit from their geolocation and intensive cross-border cooperation, acting as testing grounds for external innovations. The article iS designed to test the interdependence between the tourism industry and innovation activity in the borderland. The study focuses on the western border regions of Russia, which is a highly divergent area in terms of socio-economic development and experiences challenging times in the context of geo-economic turbulence after 2014. By using the statistical research method, the study develops on evaluating the dynamics of indicators for tourism industry development and innovation activity. The eight-year period of 2012-2019 is applied for taking into account the lag in innovation performance resulting from the positive externalities of tourism. Results show that the growth in tourism industry and innovation activity of found in regions with intensive public expenditure on large-scale infrastructural projects.

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Spatio-temporal patterns of knowledge transfer in the borderland

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References 39 publications

Transport Infrastructure and Political Factors as Determinants of Tourism Development in the Cross-Border Region of Bihor and Maramureş. A Comparative Analysis

Transport Infrastructure and Political Factors as Determinants of Tourism Development in the Cross-Border Region of Bihor and Maramureş. A Comparative Analysis

Coastal regions in the geography of innovation activity: A comparative assessment of marine basins

The Interdependence Between Tourism and Innovation Activity in the Western Borderlands of Russia

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