Distinct spatial characteristics of industrial and public research collaborations: Evidence from the 5th EU Framework Programme

Details Distinct spatial characteristics of industrial and public research collaborations: Evidence from the 5th EU Framework Programme Distinct spatial characteristics of industrial and public research collaborations: Evidence from the 5th EU Framework Programme

2010-04-21

arxiv.org/abs/1004.3685v1

Annals of Regional Science (2010, forthcoming)

Physics

Physics and Society

28 pages

Scientific paper

10.1007/s00168-009-0334-3

This study compares the spatial characteristics of industrial R&D networks to those of public research R&D networks (i.e. universities and research organisations). The objective is to measure the impact of geographical separation effects on the constitution of cross-region R&D collaborations for both types of collaboration. We use data on joint research projects funded by the 5th European Framework Programme (FP) to proxy cross-region collaborative activities. The study area is composed of 255 NUTS-2 regions that cover the EU-25 member states (excluding Malta and Cyprus) as well as Norway and Switzerland. We adopt spatial interaction models to analyse how the variation of cross-region industry and public research networks is affected by geography. The results of the spatial analysis provide evidence that geographical factors significantly affect patterns of industrial R&D collaboration, while in the public research sector effects of geography are much smaller. However, the results show that technological distance is the most important factor for both industry and public research cooperative activities.

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