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Looking for Regional Systems of Innovation: Evidence from the Italian Innovation Survey

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Rinaldo Evangelista
Simona Iammarino
Valeria Mastrostefano
Alberto Silvani

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The empirical target of this article is two-fold: exploring the variety of regional innovative patterns in Italy; and assessing whether innovation systems can be found, and how they operate, at a sub-national scale. The empirical analysis is based on an in-depth analysis of the data provided by the first Community Innovation Survey (CIS). The article shows that the traditional north-south distinction does not give full account of the wider spectrum of regional patterns in Italy. In particular, regional innovative patterns differ not only according to the specific strategies and technological performances of firms, but also according to the relevance of systemic interactions and the presence of contextual factors favourable to innovation. However, proper regional systems of innovation are found only in a few well-defined areas. In most regions, systemic interactions and knowledge flows between the relevant actors are simply too sparse and too weak to reveal the presence of systems of innovation at work.

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Article provided by Taylor and Francis Journals in its journal Regional Studies.

Volume (Year): 36 (2002)
Issue (Month): 2 (April)
Pages: 173-186
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Keywords: Regional; Systems; Of; Innovation; Regional; Technological; Gaps; Technological; Indicators;

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  1. Giuseppe Medda & Claudio Piga & Donald Siegel, 2006. "Assessing the returns to collaborative research: Firm-level evidence from Italy," Economics of Innovation and New Technology, Taylor and Francis Journals, vol. 15(1), pages 37-50, January. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Claudio A. Piga & Marco Vivarelli, 2003. "Internal and External R&D: A Sample Selection Approach," Papers on Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy 2004-05, Max Planck Institute of Economics, Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy Group. [Downloadable!]
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  3. Simona Iammarino & Cecilia Jona-Lasini & Susanna Mantegazza, 2004. "Labour productivity, ICT and regions: The revival of Italian “dualism”?," SPRU Electronic Working Paper Series 127, University of Sussex, SPRU - Science and Technology Policy Research. [Downloadable!]
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  7. Parto, Saeed & Doloreux, David, 2004. "Regional Innovation Systems: A Critical Synthesis," Discussion Papers 17, United Nations University, Institute for New Technologies. [Downloadable!]
  8. Giuseppe Medda & Claudio Piga & Donald S. Siegel, 2003. "On the Relationship between R&D and Productivity: a Treatment Effect Analysis," Rensselaer Working Papers in Economics 0307, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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