Innovation and regional absorptive capacity:the labour market dimension

Abstract

In 2003, Eurostat published an 'experimental' dataset on regional innovation levels derived from the Second Community Innovation Survey. This dataset, part of the European Innovation Scoreboard, also contains a range of regional labour market indicators. In this paper, we report an exploratory analysis of this data, focussing on how the labour market characteristics of regions shape regions' absorptive capacity (RACAP) and their ability to assimilate knowledge from public and externally conducted R&D. In particular, we aim to establish whether labour market aspects of RACAP are more important for innovation in prosperous or lagging regions of the European Union (EU). © Springer-Verlag 2006.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00168-006-0068-4
Divisions: College of Business and Social Sciences > Aston Business School > Economics, Finance & Entrepreneurship
Additional Information: The original publication is available at springerlink.com
Uncontrolled Keywords: regional innovation levels,Second Community Innovation Survey,European Innovation Scoreboard,regional labour market indicators,Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Publication ISSN: 1432-0592
Last Modified: 13 Feb 2024 08:03
Date Deposited: 30 Oct 2009 15:41
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PURE Output Type: Article
Published Date: 2006-06
Published Online Date: 2006-04-26
Authors: Roper, Stephen
Love, James H.

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