Correlation of Relatedness and Complexity with Patent Applications: A Regional Analysis from Türkiye
Purpose: The aim of this paper is to test the hypothesis that regional innovativeness is positively correlated with the two main building variables of smart specialization: relatedness density (a region’s potential to develop new technologies compatible with existing capabilities) and knowledge comp...
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Sanayi ve Teknoloji Bakanlığı
2023-01-01
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| description | Purpose: The aim of this paper is to test the hypothesis that regional innovativeness is positively correlated with the two main building variables of smart specialization: relatedness density (a region’s potential to develop new technologies compatible with existing capabilities) and knowledge complexity (a region’s potential to develop unique and hard-to-imitate technologies).Methodology: Analysis are made over a panel regression model, using data from OECD-REGPAT database for the years 1978–2017 covering Türkiye’s NUTS-3 regions. The dependent variable is innovativeness, and the independent variables are the average relatedness density and knowledge complexity indices for each region. Per capita income, number of universities, number of technoparks, Turkish Patent Institute, Türkiye-EU Customs Union agreement, and lagged value of the dependent variable are the control variables.Findings: The results confirm that innovativeness and a region’s potential to develop new technologies that are compatible with existing technological portfolios (relatedness density) are correlated, while the variable that measures a region’s potential to develop unique technologies (knowledge complexity) is not statistically significant.Originality: The originality of this work is that we demonstrate relatedness to be one of the building blocks of smart specialization as correlated with regional innovativeness; complexity, the other building block, is not correlated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-88fc1046db4e415e9dc30d89a73c352c2023-08-31T06:48:19ZengSanayi ve Teknoloji BakanlığıVerimlilik Dergisi1013-13882757-69732023-01-01571738410.51551/verimlilik.1060389417Correlation of Relatedness and Complexity with Patent Applications: A Regional Analysis from TürkiyeMert Abay0Sedef Akgüngör1DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITYDOKUZ EYLÜL ÜNİVERSİTESİPurpose: The aim of this paper is to test the hypothesis that regional innovativeness is positively correlated with the two main building variables of smart specialization: relatedness density (a region’s potential to develop new technologies compatible with existing capabilities) and knowledge complexity (a region’s potential to develop unique and hard-to-imitate technologies).Methodology: Analysis are made over a panel regression model, using data from OECD-REGPAT database for the years 1978–2017 covering Türkiye’s NUTS-3 regions. The dependent variable is innovativeness, and the independent variables are the average relatedness density and knowledge complexity indices for each region. Per capita income, number of universities, number of technoparks, Turkish Patent Institute, Türkiye-EU Customs Union agreement, and lagged value of the dependent variable are the control variables.Findings: The results confirm that innovativeness and a region’s potential to develop new technologies that are compatible with existing technological portfolios (relatedness density) are correlated, while the variable that measures a region’s potential to develop unique technologies (knowledge complexity) is not statistically significant.Originality: The originality of this work is that we demonstrate relatedness to be one of the building blocks of smart specialization as correlated with regional innovativeness; complexity, the other building block, is not correlated.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/2202221relatednesscomplexitysmart specializationregional innovativenessi̇lişkililikkarmaşıklıkakıllı uzmanlaşmatürkiyebölgesel yenilikçilik |
| spellingShingle | Mert Abay Sedef Akgüngör Correlation of Relatedness and Complexity with Patent Applications: A Regional Analysis from Türkiye Verimlilik Dergisi relatedness complexity smart specialization regional innovativeness i̇lişkililik karmaşıklık akıllı uzmanlaşma türkiye bölgesel yenilikçilik |
| title | Correlation of Relatedness and Complexity with Patent Applications: A Regional Analysis from Türkiye |
| title_full | Correlation of Relatedness and Complexity with Patent Applications: A Regional Analysis from Türkiye |
| title_fullStr | Correlation of Relatedness and Complexity with Patent Applications: A Regional Analysis from Türkiye |
| title_full_unstemmed | Correlation of Relatedness and Complexity with Patent Applications: A Regional Analysis from Türkiye |
| title_short | Correlation of Relatedness and Complexity with Patent Applications: A Regional Analysis from Türkiye |
| title_sort | correlation of relatedness and complexity with patent applications a regional analysis from turkiye |
| topic | relatedness complexity smart specialization regional innovativeness i̇lişkililik karmaşıklık akıllı uzmanlaşma türkiye bölgesel yenilikçilik |
| url | https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/2202221 |
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