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Star scientists as drivers of the development of regions

In English

Författare

Redaktör

  • Iulia Schiedschlag
  • Peter Nijkamp

Summary, in English

This chapter investigates the location pattern (at the NUTS 2 level) of

European-based star scientists (identified by the number of citations they generated in journals in the ISI database) as well as the degree and intensity of knowledge sharing activities performed by the scientific elite in their regions of choice. Using a unique dataset of 197 star scientists, we demonstrate that Europe’s world-class researchers are strongly concentrated in a few major places and tend to embed

themselves in these regions by creating multiple knowledge linkages to actors from the academic, industrial and policy world. Our empirical research clearly suggests that star scientists located in Europe are far from being isolated inhabitants of the ivory tower. By adopting various mechanisms of knowledge transfer and promoting a circulation of advanced expertise, star scientists have the potential to drive the development of Europe’s regions.

Publiceringsår

2011

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

113-134

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Innovation, growth and competitiveness. Dynamic regions in the knowledge-based world economy

Dokumenttyp

Del av eller Kapitel i bok

Förlag

Springer

Ämne

  • Human Geography

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISBN: 978-3-642-14965-8