Beschreibung:
This book delves into the benefits arising from research collaborations, shedding light on their multifaceted impacts. It explores the nexus of collaboration, knowledge convergence, and knowledge cohesion, drawing extensively from literature on the EU's cohesion policy and collaboration-induced knowledge diffusion.
Introduction 2. A Short Reminder on European Union Cohesion Policy 3. Knowledge Cohesion versus Knowledge Convergence: A Concise Introduction to Episteme 4. The empirics of knowledge convergence: persistent versus emerging hubs 5. Knowledge Cohesion in European Regions 6. Case studies: Strategically important regions for knowledge cohesion in the EU 7. Conclusions: Redirecting Knowledge