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2009 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Systems of Innovation and Regional Growth in the EU: Endogenous vs. External Innovative Activities and Socio-Economic Conditions
Authors : Riccardo Crescenzi, Andrés Rodríguez-Pose
Published in: Growth and Innovation of Competitive Regions
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The ability of the model of “sustainable economic growth” put forward by the Lisbon Agenda
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to deliver its benefits evenly to the EU regions depends essentially on the capacity of each region to produce and access innovation. In this context the uneven geographical distribution of R&D activities has been regarded as a crucial source of competitive advantage for some areas and the promotion of R&D investment has become a key ingredient of EU regional development policies. EU policies to promote the “knowledge-based” economy have mainly been focused on various forms of support for R&D activities not only for the “production” of new knowledge but also for the economic exploitation of existing knowledge.