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The Question of R&D Specialisation: Perspectives and Policy Implications

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  • Andrea Bonaccorsi
  • Antanas Cenys
  • George Chorafakis
  • Phil Cooke
  • Dominique Foray
  • Anastasios Giannitsis
  • Mark Harrison
  • Dimitrios Kyriakou
  • Keith Smith

Abstract

The question of 'R&D specialisation' has emerged as an issue of debate on the research policy agenda. But what is this question and why should we bother with it? The question boils down to whether, for any given geographical-political entity, there are benefits to having R&D efforts concentrated (or specialised) in a limited number of thematic areas and, if so, whether (a) public funding of R&D should focus on these areas accordingly and (b) corporate R&D investment should be steered towards these areas through structural changes to the economy (and how to achieve this). To explore this question and examine its implications for policy, the Institute for Prospective Technological Studies, together with DG Research, organised a workshop in Barcelona on 30 June 2008. This report is an edited compilation of contributions submitted by participants at this event.

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  • Andrea Bonaccorsi & Antanas Cenys & George Chorafakis & Phil Cooke & Dominique Foray & Anastasios Giannitsis & Mark Harrison & Dimitrios Kyriakou & Keith Smith, 2009. "The Question of R&D Specialisation: Perspectives and Policy Implications," JRC Research Reports JRC51665, Joint Research Centre.
    • Handle: RePEc:ipt:iptwpa:jrc51665
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    1. Fiore, Annamaria, 2016. "A three dimensional approach to regional Smart Specialization Strategy; An application to Puglia Region," MPRA Paper 83905, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    2. Leila Tahmooresnejad & Catherine Beaudry, 2019. "Collaboration or funding: lessons from a study of nanotechnology patenting in Canada and the United States," The Journal of Technology Transfer, Springer, vol. 44(3), pages 741-777, June.
    3. R. Kenna & B. Berche, 2011. "Critical mass and the dependency of research quality on group size," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 86(2), pages 527-540, February.
    4. Satu Rinkinen & Tuija Oikarinen & Helinä Melkas, 2016. "Social enterprises in regional innovation systems: a review of Finnish regional strategies," European Planning Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 24(4), pages 723-741, April.

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    R&D; Specialisation;

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