The role of intercultural,scientific and technological openness on innovation in European regions |
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Authors: | Manuel González-López Jorge Fernández-Montoto |
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Institution: | 1. ICEDE Group, Department of Applied Economics, University of Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain;2. Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany |
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Abstract: | This paper analyses the importance of openness for innovation in European regions. Openness is understood from a double angle: intercultural and scientific & technological. Our hypothesis is that each type of openness brings different kinds of knowledge into the regions and results on a different innovation output. S&T openness brings analytical forms of knowledge whilst intercultural openness brings tacit ones. Our results confirm this relationship as S&T openness shows a significant impact on patent activity, but not when a broader innovation indicator is used. Intercultural openness is highly significant when measuring innovation by a broader index and much less when measured by patents. |
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Keywords: | openness regions innovation intercultural scientific & technological |
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