Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Sandro Montresor
Author-Email: sandro.montreeor@unikore it
Author-Name:  Francesco Quatraro
Author-Email: francesco.quatraro@unito.it 
Author-Workplace-Name: University of Turin
Author-Workplace-Homepage: http://www.est.unito.it/
Title: Do Key Enabling Technologies shape regional Smart Specialization Strategies? A patent based analysis of European data
Abstract: The paper focuses on the analysis of effects of Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) on regional Smart
Specialisation Strategies (S3). Drawing on the economic geography approach to S3, we formulate some hypotheses 
about the impact that KETs-related knowledge can have on the construction of new regional technological advantages (RTAs). 
By crossing regional data on patent applications, in KETs-mapped classes of the International Patent Classification (IPC), 
with a number of regional economic indicators, we test these hypotheses on a panel of 26 European countries over the period 1980-2010.
KETs positively affect the construction of new RTAs, pointing to a new “enabling” role for them.
They also mitigate the impact of the density to related pre-existing technologies on the construction of new RTAs, 
pointing to the KETs capacity of making the latter less binding in pursuing S3. Overall, the net-impact of KETs is positive, 
pointing to a new case for plugging KETs in the S3 policy tool-box.
Length: 36 pages
Creation-Date: 2015-03
File-URL: http://www.est.unito.it/do/home.pl/Download?doc=/allegati/wp2015dip/wp_17_2015.pdf
File-Format: Application/PDF
Handle: RePEc:uto:labeco:201506