Modelling R&D and Innovation Support Systems - Analysis of Regional Cluster Structures in Innovation in Portugal

  1. De Noronha Vaz, Maria Teresa 1
  2. Galindo, Purificacion Vicente 13
  3. Nijkamp, Peter 2
  1. 1 Faculty of Economics and Research Centre for Spatial and Organizational Dynamics(CIEO), University of the Algarve, Faro, Portuga
  2. 2 Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, VU University Amsterdam, andTinbergen Institute, The Netherlands.
  3. 3 Department of Statistics, University of Salamanca, Spain
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SSRN Electronic Journal

ISSN: 1556-5068

Año de publicación: 2013

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2305131 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

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Resumen

This paper offers a new methodology to identify R&D and innovation clusters, on thebasis of a regional analysis of innovation support systems in Portugal. Using a webbased inventory of R&D and innovation agencies, an extensive data base is created.This data set is next analyzed by means of Principal Coordinates Analysis followed bya Logistic Biplot approach (leading to Voronoi mappings) in order to design asystematic typology of innovation clusters in the main regions in Portugal. A strikingresult is the significant difference in innovation systems at regional level in Portugal.The paper is concluded with policy recommendations

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