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Portuguese regional innovation systems efficiency in the European Union context

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  • Ana Paula Faria
  • Natália Barbosa
  • Joana Bastos

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Current evidence on European regional innovation systems efficiency shows some conflicting results. Whereas some studies find support to a core-periphery distribution of efficiency, others find that lagging regions can be as well or even more efficient than rich regions in using their resources. This paper contributes to this debatable topic by providing additional evidence on the main determinants of the region's innovation efficiency and on efficiency differentials across EU regional innovation systems. Using data from 206 European regions and applying a stochastic production frontier methodology, our results corroborate the importance of interactions among regional agents on the region's efficiency score. More importantly, the distribution of efficiency scores across regional innovation systems does not entirely confirm the core-periphery divide among European regions. Instead, the mode of doing innovation appears to be a crucial explanatory factor of innovation efficiency at regional level. In the case of Portuguese regional innovation systems, they perform slightly below the average of their EU counterparts, except Lisbon's, and appear to be constrained by their mode of doing innovation.

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  • Ana Paula Faria & Natália Barbosa & Joana Bastos, 2020. "Portuguese regional innovation systems efficiency in the European Union context," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(8), pages 1599-1618, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:eurpls:v:28:y:2020:i:8:p:1599-1618
    DOI: 10.1080/09654313.2019.1680611
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    1. Weisheng Mao & Yexi Zhong, 2024. "The Influence of Demand-Based Policy Instruments on Urban Innovation Quality—Evidence from 269 Cities in China," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(7), pages 1-16, March.
    2. Corina-Cristiana NASTACA & Ariana NASTASEANU, 2021. "A Comparative Analysis of National Strategies to Underpin Innovation Progress in Romania and Portugal," REVISTA DE MANAGEMENT COMPARAT INTERNATIONAL/REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL COMPARATIVE MANAGEMENT, Faculty of Management, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania, vol. 22(1), pages 4-20, January.
    3. Zhao, Xin & Xu, Yong & Vasa, László & Shahzad, Umer, 2023. "Entrepreneurial ecosystem and urban innovation: Contextual findings in the lens of sustainable development from China," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 191(C).
    4. Hädrich, Tobias & Reher, Leonie & Thomä, Jörg, 2023. "Solving the puzzle? An innovation mode perspective on lagging regions," ifh Working Papers 42/2023, Volkswirtschaftliches Institut für Mittelstand und Handwerk an der Universität Göttingen (ifh).

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