Are EU Member States converging in terms of their innovative effort? To what extent is the current economic downturn impairing convergence across European Union countries innovation performance? Using macro and micro data, this article shows that have converged potential over 2004–08 period. The crisis Autumn 2008 has an impact on investment almost all countries, but catch-up are most affected, leading to increasing divergence. danger growing disparities capabilities may lead divergence also...

This paper addresses a number of fundamental research questions on university–industry (U–I) collaborations. Are U–I collaborations intrinsically different from other forms collaboration, such as inter-firm or inter-university collaborations? they more difficult to form? Is their output qualitatively different? What factors facilitate development? By looking at the collaborative behavior all Italian inventors over 1978–2007 period, empirical analysis shows that are less likely happen when...

Purpose The purpose of this article is to contribute the empirical literature, which investigates innovation modes, by exploring role design as a source innovation. Design‐methodology/approach analysis carried out at firm‐level, on ground recent survey covering more than 5,000 European firms. A factor first, followed cluster based identified factors in order ensure significant number homogeneous groups Findings paper finds that: and R&D are complementary sources innovation; predominant...

Most of the empirical analysis explores relationship between fiscal decentralization and economic growth within an institutional void. This paper investigates connection in different settings 21 OECD countries over period 1970–2010. We find that pro-growth effects depend critically on authority sub-national governments: tax leads to higher (lower) rates when coupled with high (low) administrative political decentralization. Tax is more conducive for if taxes accrue mostly from autonomous...

The article introduces the special section on "University–industry linkages and academic engagements: Individual behaviours firms' barriers". We first revisit latest developments of literature policy interest university–industry research. then build upon extant unpack concept engagement by further exploring heterogeneity UI along a set dimensions actors involved. These are: (1) Incentives individual entrepreneurs; (2) Firms' barriers to cooperation with public research institutions; (3)...

Journal Article The impact of internationalization on innovation at countries' level: the role absorptive capacity Get access Andrea Filippetti, Filippetti Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Marion Frenz, Frenz Grazia Ietto-Gillies Cambridge Economics, Volume 41, Issue 2, 1 March 2017, Pages 413–439, https://doi.org/10.1093/cje/bew032 Published: 15 July 2016 history Received: May 2014 Revision received: 16

This paper examines the relationship between countries' international profile and their innovation performance using data for 32 European countries. The overall contribution of lies in: (a) an in-depth exploration empirical correlations several indicators internationalization; (b) use theoretical arguments—backed up by literature—on why observed are not spurious but indicative possible causality. Indicators internationalization considered with respect to each country as aggregate, its...

Abstract Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) have become ubiquitous in the current debate and emerged as key issue of global innovation policy. The ‘Trade Related Aspects Rights’ (TRIPS) Agreement, signed 1994 a founding element World Trade Organisation, represents most important attempt to establish harmonisation protection. aim this article is re‐examine critically what has common wisdom around IPRs, TRIPS their effects. We argue that supporters IPRs western corporations governments well...

AbstractFilippetti A. and Peyrache Labour productivity technology gap in European regions: a conditional frontier approach, Regional Studies. A approach is proposed to capture the role of explaining labour differences 211 regions eighteen countries over years 1995–2007. growth driven by capital accumulation technical change. In lagging behind regions, mainly accumulation. The does not play driving remains stable across considered period. Cohesion policy seems more effective terms fixed...

Capturing value from design-based innovation presents firms with some challenges which only recently academic research has started addressing. Increasingly, operating within design-intensive industries collaborate external designers rather than undertaking this activity in-house. This raises appropriability issues, as would need to reap the benefits of originating across organisational boundaries. To address gap, we carried out a multiple case study and design consultants based in Italy...

Which role do city-regions play in European innovation network formation? We study the evolution of collaborative networks outlining two opposite models: exclusive model establish a closed innovators among themselves; inclusive models build which includes peripheral regions. Employing temporal exponential random graph on 248 regions for period 2000–2016, we find that coexist. conclude EU act as both engines generation and integrators actors. ¿Qué papel desempeñan las ciudades-región en la...

This paper investigates one particular aspect of human capital formation: the relative effectiveness training, as reflected in its effect on probability securing continued employment during recent financial crisis. It uses a panel 3983 individuals for period 2008–11 and focuses how effects training differ between South North Italy across workers with different levels education. The most striking result is that notably stronger than country.

Abstract Closing the technology gap to reduce labour productivity disparities across E urope is crucial for uropean cohesion policy. This article explores sources of growth in over period 1993–2007 light enlargement process. Labour has been mostly driven by capital accumulation. New Member States have significantly reduced their inefficiency and gap. Disparities levels are still substantial and, a considerable extent, they can be attributed differences. raises concerns about process...

Does regional autonomy lead to better local public services? We investigate this issue using measures of service performance and at the region level in 171 European regions. introduce a novel dose-response approach which identifies pattern effect on services. The relationship between provision services exhibits u-shape: both low high This speaks against presence one optimal policy recommendations based view that more decentralisation is always desirable. It shows different institutional...

The new Global Innovation Scoreboard 2008 (GIS 2008) is developed.It aims at providing an overview on the main trends, results and determinants of innovative performance countries across world. Compared to European Scoreboard, GIS uses older data (1995 – 2005 compared with 2002-07 in EIS) a reduced set indicators (9 29 EIS). One obtained First Part Thematic Paper fact that accumulation technological capabilities structural phenomenon within economic systems. Consequently, address dynamics...