Havinga, Teun (2023) Enhacing Innovation Ecosystems: An Analysis of Cross-Border Collaboration in the North Netherlands region. Master thesis.
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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.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Degree programme: | Economic Geography: Regional Competitiveness and Trade (track) |
| Supervisor: | Abbasiharofteh, M. |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Dec 2023 14:52 |
| Last Modified: | 12 Dec 2023 14:52 |
| URI: | https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/4431 |
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