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Transforming innovation models in European regions: Breaking out of path dependency and growing faster?

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  • Pylak Korneliusz

    (Department of Economics and Management of Economy, Faculty of Management, Lublin University of Technology, Lublin, Poland)

  • Wojnicka-Sycz Elżbieta

    (Department of Management, Institute of Organization and Management, Gdansk University, Gdansk, Poland)

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The aim of the paper is to verify whether a change in innovation model by less-developed regions may speed up development processes and if innovativeness plays crucial role in these processes. Cluster analysis conducted for the years 1994-2014 showed that the majority of lessdeveloped regions in 1994-2000 that experienced significant growth by 2011-2014 changed their innovation models. Logit regression confirmed that innovation factors play a crucial role in high growth rates. The findings suggest that less-developed regions can break out of path dependency by increasing their shares of high-tech industries and employment in science and technology and boosting technology transfer, which usually involves changing and improving their innovation models.

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  • Pylak Korneliusz & Wojnicka-Sycz Elżbieta, 2017. "Transforming innovation models in European regions: Breaking out of path dependency and growing faster?," Miscellanea Geographica. Regional Studies on Development, Sciendo, vol. 21(2), pages 51-59, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:vrs:mgrsod:v:21:y:2017:i:2:p:51-59:n:1
    DOI: 10.1515/mgrsd-2017-0006
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