Is There Knowledge Convergence Among European Regions? Evidence from the European Union Framework Programmes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erkan Erdil ◽  
İbrahim Semih Akçomak ◽  
Umut Yılmaz Çetinkaya
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Regions ◽  
Knowledge Convergence ◽  
Framework Programmes

Comparison of Reliability in Seventeen European Countries Using the Quasi-Simplex Model

2021 ◽  
pp. 383-404
Author(s):  
Johana Chylíková
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Reliability Estimation ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Regions ◽  
Financial Situation ◽  
Reliability Estimates ◽  
Simplex Model

The aim of this chapter is to illustrate the application of the quasi-simplex model (QSM) for reliability estimation in longitudinal data and to employ it to obtain information about the reliability of the European Union—Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) data collected between 2012 and 2017. Reliability of two survey questions is analysed: one which asks respondents about the financial situation in their households, and one which requests information about respondents’ health. Employing the QSM on the two items resulted in 80 reliability estimates from 17 and 11 European countries, respectively. Results revealed statistically significant differences in reliability between post-communist Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries and the rest of Europe, and similar patterns of the size of reliability estimates were observed for both items. The highest reliability (i.e. reliability over 0.8) was observed in CEE countries such as Bulgaria, Romania, Czechia, Poland, and Hungary. The lowest reliability (i.e. reliability lower than 0.7) was observed for data from Sweden, Slovenia, Norway, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Italy, and the Netherlands. The remarkable variation in longitudinal reliability across culturally and historically different European regions is discussed both from substantive and methodological perspectives.

scholarly journals Challenges and Opportunities to Regional Renewal in the European Union

2020 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
pp. 142-169
Author(s):  
Nicola Pontarollo ◽  
Carolina Serpieri
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Regional Economies ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Regions ◽  
Economic Resilience ◽  
New Member States ◽  
European Union Countries ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Bounce Back

The strength of the 2008 financial and economic crisis and the resulting degree of resilience were heterogeneous among and within the European Union countries. Challenges and opportunities driven by regional-specific differences determined the ability to overshoot the precrisis levels of growth. Focusing upon Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics 2 (NUTS 2) European regions, we explore a novel conceptual framework related to regional economic resilience, namely the renewal capacity. Precisely, we concentrate on the capacity of regional economies to “renew” their growth paths in the labor market in the aftermath of the recent global crisis. We find some well-identified spatial patterns of regional employment renewal and we identify a set of territorial assets that allow regions to bounce back faster and more comprehensively than others to the economic downturn. Furthermore, there are significant differences between the drivers of the regional renewal of Old and New Member States. Our findings suggest potential policy directions at all levels for enhancing regional resilience.

Total Factor Productivity, Efficiency, and Technological Change in the European Regions: A Nonparametric Approach

2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (5) ◽  
pp. 1152-1170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Ezcurra ◽  
Belen Iraizoz ◽  
Pedro Pascual
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Technological Change ◽  
Total Factor Productivity ◽  
Malmquist Index ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Regions ◽  
Factor Productivity ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Nonparametric Approach

This paper examines the global trend of total factor productivity, efficiency, and technological change in the European Union regions over the period 1986–2004, using the Malmquist index computed by data envelopment analysis. The results reveal the important role played by technical efficiency in explaining total factor productivity growth in the European Union. For this reason, in a second stage, we investigate existing regional disparities in efficiency levels across the European regions, using a nonparametric methodology that allows us to study the dynamics of the entire cross-sectional distribution. Estimates show the presence of a process of convergence in efficiency levels over the sample period, despite a relatively low degree of intradistribution mobility. In order to complete these results, factors such as the geographical location of the various regions, country-specific characteristics, or the sectoral composition of economic activity were examined for their role in explaining the observed disparities.

Nanotechnology as a proxy to capture regional economic development? New findings from the European Union Framework Programmes

2017 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Calignano
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Regional Economic Development ◽  
The European Union ◽  
New Production ◽  
Regional Economic ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
New Findings ◽  
Framework Programmes ◽  
Key Enabling Technologies

AbstractThe European Union has included nanotechnology in the Key Enabling Technologies helping countries to tackle current and future societal challenges thanks to their applications in multiple industries. Furthermore, one theme named “Nanosciences, Nanotechnologies, Materials and New Production Technologies” was included in the Sixth and Seventh Framework Programmes with the purpose of financing organizations specifically involved in nanotechnology activities. The empirical analysis presented in this paper aims to reconstruct the participation of the Italian private, public and public-private organizations at the regional level in the European Union nanotechnology network. The hypothesis is that a high share of private organizations and a well-balanced proportion of private and public entities are beneficial for knowledge circulation potentially leading to innovation. This paper confirms the findings of other recent studies by revealing that the participation of private, public and public-private organizations at the European Union level overlaps the distribution of the nanotechnology activities in Italy and the regional disparities in the country. More in general, this paper strengthens the concept that the interdisciplinary nature of nanotechnology and the collaborations fostered by the Framework Programmes enable researchers to capture regional economic development from a global viewpoint.

scholarly journals Five-year Assessment of The European Union Research Framework Programmes 1999-2003

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erkki Ormala ◽  
Nicholas Vonortas ◽  
Ségolène Ayme ◽  
Lucija Čok ◽  
Dervilla Donnelly ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Research Framework ◽  
Framework Programmes

scholarly journals FOREIGN POLICY VECTOR OF DNIPROPETROVSK REGION ACTIVITIES: EUROPEAN VALUES AND LANDMARKS

2018 ◽  
pp. 59-63
Author(s):  
T. A. Bevz
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Foreign Policy ◽  
The European Union ◽  
European Regions ◽  
Regional Politics ◽  
Political Processes ◽  
European Values ◽  
Representative Office ◽  
National Boundaries ◽  
Value Changes

The article analyzes the foreign policy vector of Dnipropetrovsk region. The emphasis is put on European values and benchmarks in regional politics. Regions are dynamic socio-systems, which combine past, present and future. The region is an important actor within the political processes that influences the decision-making process in the state. It is noted that Dnipropetrovsk region is a leader in the "level of business development", "infrastructure" and "innovation" segments that promote the European values and landmarks establishment. The European canon of values is not limited by national boundaries, and it is valid beyond our national, ethnic, cultural and religious peculiarities. To some extent, the value changes depend on the characteristics of the regions. However, European values remain the inalienable. In fact, the foundation on which the European Union stands, namely, the headship of law, democracy, freedom of speech, honesty / transparency, the desire to provide equal opportunities for all citizens, and so on. Celebrating Europe Day in the region and holding various events has already started being traditional. Dnipropetrovsk region has become the first member of the Assembly of European Regions in Ukraine, also the first representative office of the Assembly in Ukraine has been opened here. The foreign policy vector of activity in Dnipropetrovsk region is aimed at relations with the European Union and its institutions, and above all, with the Assembly of European Regions. A definite trend in recent decades is concentrated in inter-civilizational dialogues, both at the global and regional levels, by trying to implement individual policies, concluding individual / personalized agreements, treaties, becoming member of international organizations.

scholarly journals Rise of Biobanking in the EU: Evidence from the Framework Programmes

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
pp. 1304-1318
Author(s):  
Ľubica Kotorová Slušná ◽  
Miroslav Balog ◽  
Vladimír Baláž ◽  
Edita Nemcová ◽  
Richard Filčák ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Related Research ◽  
Research And Innovation ◽  
Health Consumer ◽  
Innovation Projects ◽  
Framework Programmes

he topic of biobanking has been anchoring in the world and Europe as well. The biobanking field today is characterised by heterogeneous entities that could be classified according to many different categories. This article aims to outline the process of the gradual embedding of the field of biobanking in the European Union (EU) from the point of view of the number of high-quality international research projects related to biobanking or biobanks as such. To identify these research projects, data from the European Commission's (EC's) database on research and innovation projects financed from Framework Programmes (FPs) of the European Union and the Horizon programme were used. It was found that the number of research and innovation projects in which biobanks played an important role more than doubled between 1994 and 2021. The highest increase in the number of biobank-related research and innovation projects occurred between 2002 – 2006 and 2007 – 2013. Several leading countries, in terms of the number of biobank related research projects, emerged during the whole period. The main actors were all countries of western Europe, characterised mostly by above-average performance in indicators such as GDP per capita, Human Development Index (HDI) or Euro Health Consumer Index (EHCI).

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