Productivity, Smart Specialisation, and Innovation:

Empirical findings on EU macro-regions

Authors

  • Mirko Kruse University of Bremen
  • Cristina Somcutean University of Bayreuth
  • Jan Wedemeier Hamburg Institute of International Economics (HWWI)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18335/region.v10i1.419

Abstract

The paper aims to enrich the discussion on the Research and Innovation Strategies for Smart Specialisation (RIS3) and ongoing development of macro-regions in the EU. EU macro-regions are defined as geographical related places that are considered to be socially, economically, and historically linked and, until now, make a blind spot in the discussion on Smart Specialisation and regional innovation. The empirical approach of this paper is to apply a simply pooled OLS-regression with productivity as an independent variable, various exogenous variables on Smart Specialisation, dummies on EU macro-regions, and time-fixed effects within NUTS2 regions between 2014 and 2018. From this, it can be concluded that Smart Specialisation has a significant dependency on productivity. Moreover, it was assumed that regions of a macro-region benefit from each other by co-location. The result is not perfect. This raises questions for the development of EU macro-regions.

Author Biography

Mirko Kruse, University of Bremen

Research Area „Economics of cities and regions“, Junior Researcher

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Published

2023-02-01

How to Cite

Kruse, M., Somcutean, C. and Wedemeier, J. (2023) “Productivity, Smart Specialisation, and Innovation:: Empirical findings on EU macro-regions”, REGION. Vienna, Austria, 10(1), pp. 1–18. doi: 10.18335/region.v10i1.419.

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