Intro -- 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
Summary
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 regions 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
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Includes bibliographical references
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