Technological diversity in Europe: empirical evidence from agri-food research projects
研究了欧洲区域在农业食品领域的技术多样性，发现获得资助的能力和合作网络中心性促进多样性，而欧盟项目倾向于让外围地区专业化、中心地区多样化，这对平衡区域创新绩效有政策启示。
Technological diversity in Europe: empirical evidence from agri-food research projects. Regional Studies. Regional technological diversity is the capacity of regions to carry out research in multiple technology fields. Based on the analysis of 730 competitive research projects funded by the 7th European Framework Programme in agri-food, we show that the capacity to obtain funding and the regional degree of centrality in collaborative networks promote technological diversity. European programmes for research tend to encourage specialization in peripheral territories and technological diversity in central regions. This has challenging implications for a policy that wants to promote research excellence and, simultaneously, to reduce the wide regional variation in research and innovation performance across the European Union.