This open access book explores the role of innovation in technological convergence processes in the EU regional space and shifts the focus from absolute and conditional income convergence to technological convergence and its determinants. Presenting new theoretical and empirical evidence on the determinants and trajectory of the EU region’s development and convergence, this book will appeal to scholars of economics and regional science, as well as practitioners and policymakers interested in the policy implications of regional technological convergence. The presented findings will also contribute to the development of the knowledge-based economy paradigm in the regional context.
Author(s): Tomasz Kijek, Arkadiusz Kijek, Anna Matras-Bolibok
Series: SpringerBriefs in Regional Science
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2023
Language: English
Pages: 88
City: Cham
Acknowledgments
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
References
Chapter 2: Innovation and Regional Development
2.1 Spatial Aspects of Innovation
2.2 Knowledge-Based Foundations of Regional Development
2.3 Policy Framework of Innovation-Driven Regional Development in the European Union
References
Chapter 3: Regional Technological Convergence: Patterns and Determinants
3.1 Theoretical Background and Types of Convergence
3.2 Role of TFP in Measuring Technological Convergence
3.3 Innovation as a Source of Technological Convergence
References
Chapter 4: Empirical Analysis of Technological Convergence in the European Regional Area
4.1 Data and Methods
4.2 Spatial Distribution of TFP Across the EU Regions
4.3 Analysis of Regional Technological Convergence
4.4 Impact of Innovation Activities on Processes of Regional Technological Convergence
References
Chapter 5: Conclusions
