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Spatial and sectoral differentiation of support to innovative companies from EU funds in Czechia

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  • David Hána
  • Lenka Hellebrandová

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This paper aims to introduce a case study of Czechia in distribution of the EU funds and their spatial patterns. EU funds receive plenty attention from both European society and the scientific community. However, there is a lack of detailed evaluations of spatial and sectoral differentiation, which might bring a better understanding to the whole EU funds system. This paper attempts to fill this gap with a method of geographical differentiation analysis of the Czech operational programme Enterprise and Innovations 2007–15, which should increase the competitiveness of industry and develop services for commercial activities. Historically, subsidies often go to peripheral regions at the borderland with Slovakia and Poland, while regions along the borders with Germany and Austria receive only a low level of support. Jurisdictions of the major recipients from hi-tech sectors are mainly in the close vicinity of the largest cities (Praha, Brno), which are natural centres of high technologically demanding sectors, but a high share of high-tech subsidies goes to some peripheral districts as well. These findings can contribute not only to the academic discussion about contradictory developmental impacts of subsidies but to the all-European debate on the EU funds purposes as well.

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  • David Hána & Lenka Hellebrandová, 2018. "Spatial and sectoral differentiation of support to innovative companies from EU funds in Czechia," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 26(8), pages 1598-1615, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:26:y:2018:i:8:p:1598-1615
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2018.1485135
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