Relatedness, Cross-relatedness and Regional Innovation Specializations: An Analysis of Technology, Design, and Market Activities in Europe and the US

IF 7.2 1区经济学 Q1 ECONOMICS

Economic Geography Pub Date : 2023-04-17 DOI:10.1080/00130095.2023.2187374

C. Castaldi, Kyriakos Drivas

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Abstract This article examines how regions develop new innovation specializations, covering different activities in the whole process from technological invention to commercialization. We develop a conceptual framework anchored in two building blocks: first, the conceptualization of innovation as a process spanning technology, design, and market activities; second, the application and extension of the principle of relatedness to understand developments within and between the different innovation activities. We offer an empirical investigation where we operationalize the different innovation activities using three intellectual property rights: patents, industrial designs, and trademarks. We provide two separate analyses of how relatedness and cross-relatedness matter for the emergence of new specializations: for 259 NUTS-2 European regions and for 363 metropolitan statistical areas of the US. While relatedness is significantly associated with new regional specializations for all three innovation activities, cross-relatedness between activities also plays a significant role. Our study has important policy implications for developing and monitoring smart specialization regional strategies.

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关联、交叉关联与区域创新专业化:欧洲和美国的技术、设计和市场活动分析

摘要本文探讨了区域如何发展新的创新专业，涵盖从技术发明到商业化的整个过程中的不同活动。我们开发了一个基于两个构建块的概念框架：首先，将创新概念化为一个跨越技术、设计和市场活动的过程；第二，关联性原则的应用和扩展，以理解不同创新活动内部和之间的发展。我们提供了一个实证调查，我们使用三种知识产权来操作不同的创新活动：专利、工业设计和商标。我们分别对259个NUTS-2欧洲地区和363个美国大都市统计区的关联性和交叉关联性对新专业的出现有何影响进行了两项分析。虽然关联性与所有三项创新活动的新区域专业显著相关，但活动之间的交叉关联性也起着重要作用。我们的研究对制定和监测智能专业化区域战略具有重要的政策意义。

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Economic Geography Multiple-

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2.90%

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