Creativity and regional innovation: : Evidence from EU regions

• Autores: Leo Sleuwaegen, Priscilla Boiardi
• Localización: Research Policy, ISSN-e 1873-7625, Vol. 43, Nº. 9, 2014, págs. 1508-1522
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • We analyse the role of creative workers in the region as a source and foundational element of regional innovation in the European Union. We show the empirical relevance of this factor � which we label inspiration � within the structure of a recursive model of regional innovation for a set of 83 European regions. We show that, when differentiated from the presence of regional intelligence � as measured by the availability of human capital � and from technological infrastructure, inspiration, along with the degree of development of national and regional institutions, has the strongest direct and indirect effects on regional patenting activity.