Spatial distribution of innovation activities in Czech Republic, 2010-2012
Innovation is widely considered as an engine of economic growth, competitiveness and job creation. As such it has become a hot policy topic over the last years, especially on regional and national levels. Thus, it is vital to analyze and evaluate innovation activities, whether they are dispersed or...
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| author | Marek Vaculík Vít Pászto Barbora Švarcová |
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| description | Innovation is widely considered as an engine of economic growth, competitiveness and job creation. As such it has become a hot policy topic over the last years, especially on regional and national levels. Thus, it is vital to analyze and evaluate innovation activities, whether they are dispersed or concentrated in space. This article address the question: are innovations spatially clustered or not? In this article, we obtain a clear picture of the geographical distribution of innovation activities carried out by companies in Czech Republic during 2010-2012. Visual and statistical analysis of firm-level survey data concerning innovation activities of 5,449 (22% of the statistical population) Czech companies has been performed. Using four newly calculated innovation measures, their overall scores in Local Administrative Units 1 and consequent geovisualization allowed us revealing clusters of innovating districts and evaluating their spatial patterns. The main findings are that low innovative regions are located mainly (1) in the borderlands, (2) in rural areas, and (3) in mountainous areas. On the other hand, highly innovative regions tend to be in major cities and their neighborhoods, which indicates a positive spillover effect. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5dda73fc00914214a29ace0be594e9ce2025-08-20T02:06:03ZengCentre of Sociological Research, SzczecinJournal of International Studies2071-83302306-34832017-05-0110110.14254/2071-8330.2017/10-1/8Spatial distribution of innovation activities in Czech Republic, 2010-2012Marek Vaculík0Vít Pászto1Barbora Švarcová2Moravian University College Olomouc, Faculty of Business Economics, Hasselt UniversityDepartment of Geoinformatics, Palacký University OlomoucDepartment of Geoinformatics, Palacký University OlomoucInnovation is widely considered as an engine of economic growth, competitiveness and job creation. As such it has become a hot policy topic over the last years, especially on regional and national levels. Thus, it is vital to analyze and evaluate innovation activities, whether they are dispersed or concentrated in space. This article address the question: are innovations spatially clustered or not? In this article, we obtain a clear picture of the geographical distribution of innovation activities carried out by companies in Czech Republic during 2010-2012. Visual and statistical analysis of firm-level survey data concerning innovation activities of 5,449 (22% of the statistical population) Czech companies has been performed. Using four newly calculated innovation measures, their overall scores in Local Administrative Units 1 and consequent geovisualization allowed us revealing clusters of innovating districts and evaluating their spatial patterns. The main findings are that low innovative regions are located mainly (1) in the borderlands, (2) in rural areas, and (3) in mountainous areas. On the other hand, highly innovative regions tend to be in major cities and their neighborhoods, which indicates a positive spillover effect.http://jois.eu/?316,en_spatial-distribution-of-innovation-activities-in-czech-republic-2010-2012innovation activitygeographical distributionCzech Republicspatial concentrationhigh-innovative companies war |
| spellingShingle | Marek Vaculík Vít Pászto Barbora Švarcová Spatial distribution of innovation activities in Czech Republic, 2010-2012 Journal of International Studies innovation activity geographical distribution Czech Republic spatial concentration high-innovative companies war |
| title | Spatial distribution of innovation activities in Czech Republic, 2010-2012 |
| title_full | Spatial distribution of innovation activities in Czech Republic, 2010-2012 |
| title_fullStr | Spatial distribution of innovation activities in Czech Republic, 2010-2012 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spatial distribution of innovation activities in Czech Republic, 2010-2012 |
| title_short | Spatial distribution of innovation activities in Czech Republic, 2010-2012 |
| title_sort | spatial distribution of innovation activities in czech republic 2010 2012 |
| topic | innovation activity geographical distribution Czech Republic spatial concentration high-innovative companies war |
| url | http://jois.eu/?316,en_spatial-distribution-of-innovation-activities-in-czech-republic-2010-2012 |
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