eprintid: 4431
rev_number: 4
eprint_status: archive
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dir: disk0/00/00/44/31
datestamp: 2023-12-12 14:52:42
lastmod: 2023-12-12 14:52:42
status_changed: 2023-12-12 14:52:42
type: thesis
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sword_depositor: 1
creators_name: Havinga, Teun
creators_id: S3139700
creators_email: teunhavinga@gmail.com
title: Enhacing Innovation Ecosystems: An Analysis of Cross-Border Collaboration in the North Netherlands region
ispublished: unpub
full_text_status: public
abstract: This study has the explorative aim of investigating cross-border innovation collaboration from 
the perspective of the North Netherlands. Contributing to knowledge on the innovation 
capabilities of the region and assuming socio-economic benefits of a more innovative region.
The North Netherlands region actively employing strategies and policies to increase 
collaboration with neighboring countries in the North Sea area, intensifying in the year 2016.
The changes in innovation capabilities since 2016 being captured by three main factors 
examined by this study, cross-border administrative policies, the influence of sharing a common 
language, and the role of geographical proximity. The study employs a gravity model to test 
which factors can explain changes in innovation collaboration before and after the introduction 
of policy measures. Where innovation collaboration is measured through the number of joint 
patents. The findings of the study suggest a positive effect of cross-border policies on the 
number of cross-border joint patents with neighboring regions.
date: 2023
pages: 39
thesis_type: master
degree_programme: EG_RCT
tutors_name: Abbasiharofteh, M.
tutors_organization: Fac. Ruimtelijke wetenschappen, Basiseenheid Economische Geografie
tutors_email: m.abbasiharofteh@rug.nl
security: public
keywords_local: Innovation
keywords_local: North Netherlands
keywords_local: Gravity model
keywords_local: Policy
keywords_local: Cross-border collaboration
language_iso: en
date_issued: 2023-12-08
citation:   Havinga, Teun  (2023) Enhacing Innovation Ecosystems: An Analysis of Cross-Border Collaboration in the North Netherlands region.  Master thesis.   
document_url: https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/4431/1/MasterThesis_TeunHavinga_Crossborderpolicycollaborativeinnovation.pdf