Knowledge Spillovers: An Evidence from The European Regions

The article deals with the issue of knowledge spillovers in the European regions. For this purpose, a standard Knowledge Production Function (KPF) approach was extended by the application of spatial econometrics methods. Our analysis started from the construction of the alternative structures of the spatial weight matrices. These matrices were based on technological and institutional proximities, which represent compelling alternatives to geographic proximity regarded as a kind of all-encompassing connectivity measure. The next step in our analysis was the modeling of regional knowledge generation processes. We treated R&D expenditures and human resources in science and technology as the input measures and patent applications to the European Patent Office as the output measure in our basic and extended models. The results show that the scope and direction of knowledge spillovers are sensitive to the type of knowledge (tacit vs. codified) and proximity dimension engaged. These findings contribute to the current debate in the geography of innovation and economics of knowledge literature.

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Spatial Spillovers and Innovation Activity in European Regions

Environment and Planning A Economy and Space ◽

10.1068/a37341 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 37 (10) ◽

pp. 1793-1812 ◽

Cited By ~ 187

Author(s):

Rosina Moreno ◽

Raffaele Paci ◽

Stefano Usai

Keyword(s):

Spatial Econometrics ◽

Spatial Data ◽

Spatial Association ◽

Innovative Activity ◽

Spatial Data Analysis ◽

Innovation Activity ◽

European Patent ◽

European Regions ◽

Spatial Spillovers ◽

Set Up

This paper explores the spatial distribution of innovative activity and the role of technological spillovers in the process of knowledge creation and diffusion across 175 regions of seventeen countries in Europe (the fifteen members of the pre-2004 European Union plus Switzerland and Norway). The analysis is based on a databank set up by CRENoS on regional patenting at the European Patent Office, spanning 1978–2001 and classified by ISIC sectors. The first step is an exploratory spatial data analysis of the dissemination of innovative activity in Europe. The goal of the rest of the paper is to analyse to what extent externalities that cross regional boundaries can explain the spatial association process detected in the distribution of innovative activity in the European regions. The framework given by the knowledge-production function together with the use of spatial econometrics techniques allow us to look for insights on the mechanics of knowledge interdependences across regions, which are shown to exist. Empirical results point to the relevance of internal regional factors (R&D expenditure and agglomeration economies). Moreover, the production of knowledge appears also to be affected by spatial spillovers due to innovative activity (both patenting and R&D) performed in other regions. Additional results show that spillovers are mostly constrained by national borders within less than 250 km, and that technological similarity between regions also matters.

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The complex nature of regional knowledge production: Evidence on European regions

Research Policy ◽

10.1016/j.respol.2020.104170 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 104170

Author(s):

Nico Pintar ◽

Thomas Scherngell

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Production ◽

Complex Nature ◽

European Regions

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Spatial knowledge spillovers within and between European regions: a meta-analysis

The Innovation Union in Europe ◽

10.4337/9780857939913.00015 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 144-175

Author(s):

Urban Gråsjö ◽

Charlie Karlsson ◽

Peter Warda

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Spillovers ◽

Meta Analysis ◽

Spatial Knowledge ◽

European Regions

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University & FDI knowledge spillovers and large & medium-sized industrial enterprises technology innovation — Knowledge production function model based on panel data

MSIE 2011 ◽

10.1109/msie.2011.5707449 ◽

2011 ◽

Author(s):

Wan Kunyang ◽

Yu Shujuan

Keyword(s):

Panel Data ◽

Production Function ◽

Knowledge Production ◽

Technology Innovation ◽

Knowledge Spillovers ◽

Knowledge Production Function ◽

Function Model ◽

Industrial Enterprises ◽

Model Based

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“The Other Side”: Assessing the Polarization of Gender Knowledge Through a Feminist Analysis of the Affective-Discursive in Anti-Feminist Online Communities

Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society ◽

10.1093/sp/jxaa024 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ann-Kathrin Rothermel

Keyword(s):

Knowledge Production ◽

Online Communities ◽

Public Discourse ◽

The United States ◽

The Other ◽

Knowledge Generation ◽

Close Reading ◽

The Public ◽

Production Building ◽

Gender Knowledge

Abstract Given the current polarization of gender knowledge in the public discourse, this article investigates the “other side” of gender knowledge production. Building on feminist standpoint literature, I conduct a close reading of the affective-discursive dynamics of knowledge production in two anti-feminist online communities in the United States and India. I find that anti-feminist communities appropriate feminist practices of consciousness-raising to construct a shared sense of victimization. This appropriation is, however, incomplete. In contrast to feminist practices, anti-feminist knowledge generation is premised on the polarizing themes of “ultimate victimhood” and “ultimate other,” which lead to violence and exclusion, rather than liberation.

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Institutions of Higher Education and the Regional Economy: A Long-Term Spatial Analysis

Economics Research International ◽

10.1155/2010/376148 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 2010 ◽

pp. 1-19 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Hui-chen Wang

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Spatial Econometrics ◽

Knowledge Spillovers ◽

Institutions Of Higher Education ◽

Long Term Effects ◽

Business Programs ◽

Level Data ◽

Bachelor's Degrees ◽

Industrial Mix

This paper investigates the long-term effects of institutions of higher education (IHEs) on regional economic growth with an application of spatial econometrics. IHEs are classified based on the fields of programs offered and degree-granting activities. I use county-level data for the contiguous US to estimate the marginal effects of IHEs on the changes in log employment and log wages in own counties and neighboring counties between 1970 and 2000. Evidence is found of knowledge spillovers of IHEs, especially for cross-county spillovers. Counties with more IHEs on location or in their neighboring counties experienced modestly faster employment growth over the 30-year period. Institutions offering accredited business programs had much larger effects than the others. With respect to degree-granting activities, only those institutions awarding bachelor's degrees or above had significant growth-boosting effects. When industrial mix of counties is controlled for, own-county effects diminish except for business programs, whereas all neighboring-county effects prevail.

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