"This study examines the territorial patterns of innovation in Romania, a country labelled as ‘modest innovator’. Our main assumption is that the large heterogeneity in the sub-national innovation patterns is not captured in the typologies developed for the NUTS2 regions. Consequently, the study proposes a categorization of the Romanian NUTS3 counties according to their innovation performance and structural characteristics, by means of a two-step factor analysis combined with hierarchical cluster analysis.The results point to the existence of five territorial groupings with similar characteristics: knowledge-intensive hubs, technology-intensive platforms, diversified agglomerations, industrial production zones and structurally challenged regions. Taken together, the results suggest the need to prioritize structural transformation and embrace the broad-based innovation concept."

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罗马尼亚的地域创新模式。智能专业化的未来途径

“这项研究考察了罗马尼亚的创新地域模式，罗马尼亚是一个被称为‘适度创新者’的国家。我们的主要假设是，为 NUTS2 地区开发的类型学没有捕捉到地方创新模式的巨大异质性。因此，该研究通过两步因子分析结合层次聚类分析，根据其创新绩效和结构特征对罗马尼亚 NUTS3 县进行了分类。结果表明存在五个具有相似特征的地区分组：知识-集约型枢纽、技术密集型平台、多元化集聚区、工业生产区和结构性挑战区域。结果表明，需要优先考虑结构转型并接受基础广泛的创新理念。”