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Research Productivity and the Quality of Interregional Knowledge Networks

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  • Tamás Sebestyén

    (UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS-FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS)

  • Attila Varga

    (UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS-FACULTY OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS)

Abstract

This paper estimates the impact of interregional knowledge flows on the productivity of research at the regional level. We develop the novel index of "ego network quality" in order to measure the value of knowledge that can be accessed from a particular region’s global knowledge network. Quality of interregional knowledge networks is related to the size of knowledge accumulated by the partners ("knowledge potential"), the extent of collaboration among partners ("local density") and the position of partners in the entire knowledge network (‘global embeddedness’). Ego network quality impact on the productivity of research in scientific publications and patenting at the regional level is tested with co-patenting and EU Framework Program collaboration data for 189 European NUTS 2 regions.

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  • Tamás Sebestyén & Attila Varga, 2012. "Research Productivity and the Quality of Interregional Knowledge Networks," UPFBE Working Paper Series 2012/2, Faculty of Business and Economics, University Pécs.
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    Keywords

    Patents; Scientific publications; Knowledge networks; R&D productivity; Regional knowledge production function; European regions.;
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    JEL classification:

    • O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes
    • R58 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Regional Government Analysis - - - Regional Development Planning and Policy

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