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Technological coherence and the adaptive resilience of regional economies

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posted on 2019-03-15, 16:32 authored by Silvia Rocchetta, Andrea Mina

This paper explores the effect of different regional technological profiles on the resilience of regional economies to exogenous shocks. It presents an empirical examination of the determinants of resilience through panel analyses of UK NUTS-III-level data for the period 2004–12. The results indicate that regions endowed with technologically coherent – and not simply diversified – knowledge bases are better prepared to face an unforeseen downturn and display adaptive resilience. Moreover, local economies tend to be more adaptable if they innovate in sectors with the strongest growth opportunities, even though firms’ entry does not appear to contribute significantly towards resilience.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge funding from the European Research Council under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme [grant agreement number 715631, TechEvo].

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