Final Program
Workshop on Innovation and Regional Economic Performance
Barcelona, October 18th-19th 2012
Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Barcelona
Thursday 18th October 2012
15:00 Welcome and Opening. Rosina Moreno
15:15 1st Invited Conference: Phil McCann (University of Groningen)
Slides 16:15 Coffee break
16:45 1st Contributed Session: Networks, proximity and regional innovation efficiency
Chair: Enrique López-Bazo Mario A. Maggioni, Teodora Erika Uberti and Mario Nosvelli, “Does intentional mean hierarchical? Knowledge flows and innovative performance of European regions”Paper SlidesEmanuela Marrocu, Raffaele Paci and Stefano Usai, “Proximity, networks and knowledge production in Europe”Paper SlidesLorenzo Cassi and Anne Plunket, “Proximity, Network Formation and Inventive Performance: In Search of the Proximity Paradox”Paper SlidesTom Broekel, “Do Cooperative R&D Subsidies Stimulate Regional Innovation Efficiency? Evidence from Germany”Paper Slides20:30 Workshop dinner (by invitation only)
Friday 19th October 2012
09:30 2nd Invited Conference: Karen Maguire (Regional Innovation Unit, OECD)
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 2nd Contributed Session: Diffusion of knowledge and innovative performance
Chair: Ernest Miguélez Stefano Baruffaldi and Julio Raffo, “ Knowledge spillovers and the geography of duplicated inventions: an analysis from patent citations” Paper SlidesChristian Helmers and Henry Overman, “ My precious! The location and diffusion of scientific research: evidence from the Synchrotron Diamond Light Source” SlidesTamás Sebestyén and Attila Varga, “ Research Productivity and the Quality of Interregional Knowledge Networks” Paper SlidesRiccardo Crescenzi and Luisa Gagliardi, “ Moving People with Ideas. Does inventors' mobility foster firms' innovative performance?” Paper13:30 Informal lunch
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