Unveiling the impact of European Structural Funds for innovation in Andalusia, Spain

• Sande Veiga, Diego ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

     Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

     Santiago de Compostela, España

     
• Localización: European Journal of Government and Economics, ISSN-e 2254-7088, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2024, págs. 67-84
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.17979/ejge.2024.13.1.9595
• Enlaces
  • Texto completo
• Resumen

  • This study evaluates the impact of European Union Structural Funds for innovation on key business indicators related to growth, profitability, and innovation at the regional level. We use the case of Andalusia during the period 2007-2020, a Spanish region benefiting from these funds, focusing on the ERDF-Innterconnecta program which supports business collaboration in R&D projects. While some indicators, showed improvement, others did not. By analyzing these mixed results, we aim to inform the planning, design, and implementation of future regional innovation policies.

• Referencias bibliográficas
  • Alzugaray S., Medores L., & Sutz J. (2012). Building bridges: Social inclusion problems as research and innovation issues. Review of Policy...
  • Arbidane, I. & Tarasova, M. (2018). Assessment of the impact of the EU Structural Funds on business in Latvia. Society, Integration, Education....
  • Bachtrögler, J & Hammer, C. (2018). Who are the beneficiaries of the structural funds and the cohesion fund and how does the cohesion...
  • Baláž, V., Jeck, T., & Balog, M. (2023). Knowledge Transfers and Business Performance in Creative Networks: The Case Study of the Slovak...
  • Bernini, C., & Pellegrini, G. (2011). How is growth and productivity in private firms affected by public subsidy? Evidence from a regional...
  • Blasio, G., Fantino, D. & Pellegrini, G. (2015). Evaluating the impact of innovation incentives: evidence from an unexpected shortage...
  • Bondonio, D. (2014). Revitalizing regional economies through enterprise support policies: an impact evaluation of multiple instruments. European...
  • Boscá, J., Escribá, J., Ferri, J. & Murgui, M.J. (2016). El Impacto de los Fondos FEDER (2014‐2020) sobre el Crecimiento y el Empleo de...
  • Breidenbach, P., Mitze, T., & Schmidt, C.M. (2019). EU regional policy and the neighbour's curse: analyzing the income convergence...
  • Bronzini, R. & Piselli, P. (2016). The impact of R&D subsidies on firm innovation. Research Policy, vol. 45(2), 442-457. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2015.10.008
  • Caldas, P., Dollery, B., & Marques, R. C. (2018). European Cohesion Policy impact on development and convergence: A local empirical analysis...
  • Cancelo, J.R., Faíña, J.A., López-Rodríguez, J. (2005). The effect of Structural Fund spending on the Galician region: an assessment of the...
  • Cerqua, A., & Pellegrini, G. (2014). Do subsidies to private capital boost firms' growth? A multiple regression discontinuity design...
  • Clausen, T. (2009). Do subsidies have positive impacts on R&D and innovation activities at the firm level? Structural Change and Economic...
  • Cooke, P., Uranga, M.G., & Etxebarria, G. (1998). Regional Systems of Innovation: An Evolutionary Perspective. Environment and Planning...
  • Cozzens S., Kallerud E., Ackers L., Gill B., Harper J. & Santos-Pereira T. (2007) Problems of inequality in science, technology, and innovation....
  • Croce, A., Martí, J. & Murtinu, S. (2013). The impact of venture capital on the productivity growth of European entrepreneurial firms:...
  • De la Fuente, A. (2003). El impacto de los Fondos Estructurales: Convergencia real y cohesión interna. Hacienda Publica Española 165, 129-148
  • Di Caro, P. & Fratesi, U. (2021). One policy, different effects: Estimating the region-specific impacts of EU cohesion policy. Journal...
  • Dumciuviene, D., Stundziene, A., Startiene, G. (2015). Relationship between Structural Funds and Economic Indicators of the European Union....
  • Dvouletý, O., Srhoj, S. & Pantea, S. (2021). Public SME grants and firm performance in European Union: A systematic review of empirical...
  • Ederveen, H., de Groot, L.F. & Nahuis, R. (2006). Fertile Soil for Structural Funds?A Panel Data Analysis of the Conditional Effectiveness...
  • Florio, M. & Moretti, L. (2014). The Effect of Business Support on Employment in Manufacturing: Evidence from the European Union Structural...
  • Foray, D. & Van Ark, B. (2007). Smart Specialisation in a Truly Integrated Research Area is the Key to Attracting more R&D to Europe....
  • Gancarczyk, M, Najda-Janoszka, M., Gancarczyk, J. & Hassink, R. (2022). Exploring Regional Innovation Policies and Regional Industrial...
  • García-Nicolás, C. & Cantos, J.M. (2015). Estudio empírico del impacto de los Fondos Estructurales sobre la inversión pública: la aplicación...
  • Hartsenko, J., & Sauga, A. (2012). Does financial support from the EU structural funds has an impact on the firms’ performance: Evidence...
  • Heijs, J. (2001). Sistemas nacionales y regionales de innovación y política tecnológica: una aproximación teórica. IAIF Working Papers, nº...
  • Hollanders, H., Es-Sadki, N. & Kanerva, M. (2016). Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2016. European Comission. Belgium: Brussels
  • Hollanders, H., Es-Sadki, N., Buligescu, B., Rivera, L., Griniece, E., Roman, L., et al. (2014). Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2014. Maastricht:...
  • Hollanders, H., Es-Sadki, N., Merkelbach, I. (2019). Regional Innovation Scoreboard 2019. Maastrich: InnoMetrics-Merit, European Comission
  • Karlsen, J. (2013). The Role of Anchor Companies in Thin Regional Innovation Systems Lessons from Norway. Syst Pract Action Res 26, 89–98....
  • Komninos, N., Musyck, B., & Iain Reid, A. (2014). Smart specialisation strategies in south Europe during crisis. European Journal of Innovation...
  • Krieger-Boden, C. (2018). What direction should EU cohesion policy take? In CESifo Forum (Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 10-15). München: ifo Institut-Leibniz-Institut...
  • Lago, S. & Martínez, D. (2004). Convergencia y política regional: algunas reflexiones sobre el caso español. Cuestiones clave de la Economía...
  • Le, T. & Jaffe, A.B. (2017). The impact of R&D subsidy on innovation: evidence from New Zealand firms. Economics of Innovation and...
  • Lee, N. & Rodríguez-Pose, A. (2013). Innovation and Spatial inequality in Europe and the United States. Journal of Economic Geography,...
  • Lembcke, A., & Menon, C. (2017). Making Policy Evaluation Work: The Case of Regional Development Policy. OECD Science, Technology and...
  • León, M.D. & Fernández, A.M. (2006). Teoría evolucionista y sistema de innovación: implicaciones institucionales y organizaciones de la...
  • Lewandowska, A., Stopa, M. & Humenny, G. (2015). The European Union Structural Funds and Regional Development. The Perspective of Small...
  • López-Villuendas, A.M., & del Campo, C. (2022). Analysis of Economic Convergence in the Galicia-Northern Portugal Euroregion in the period...
  • Lucaciu, L. (2018). A look at the evaluation framework for smart growth programmes. Revista Românească pentru Educaţie Multidimensională,...
  • Martí, C. (2020). La colaboración público-privada en la obtención de los medios para la defensa. El caso del Fondo Europeo de Defensa. Documento...
  • Maynou, L., Saez, M., Kyriacou, A. & Bacaria, J. (2014). The Impact of Structural and Cohesion Funds on Eurozone Convergence, 1990–2010....
  • McCann, P., & Ortega Argiles, R. (2013). Modern regional innovation policy. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, Volume...
  • Mieszkowski, K., & Barbero, J. (2021). Territorial patterns of R&D+I grants supporting Smart Specialisation projects funded from...
  • Milio, S. (2007). Can Administrative Capacity Explain Differences in Regional Performances? Evidence from Structural Funds Implementation...
  • Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (2012). Orden ECC/1808/2012, de 18 de junio por la que se modifica la Orden CIN/1729/2011, por la que se...
  • Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (2013). Resolución de 30 de enero de 2013, del Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial, por...
  • Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda. (2007). Programa Operativo de I+D+i por y para el beneficio de las Empresas-Fondo Tecnológico....
  • Ministerio de Hacienda y Administraciones Públicas. (2014). Programa Operativo Feder de Crecimiento Inteligente 2014-2020. Available at: https://www.fondoseuropeos.hacienda.gob.es/sitios/dgfc/es-ES/ipr/fcp1420/p/Prog_Op_Plurirregionales/Documents/PO_FEDER_Crecimiento_Inteligente_2014_2020.pdf
  • Musyck, B., & Reid, A. (2007). Innovation and Regional Development, Do European Structural Funds make a Difference? European Planning...
  • Neagu, O. M., Michelsen, K., Watson, J., Dowdeswell, B., & Brand, H. (2017). Addressing health inequalities by using Structural Funds....
  • Nemethova, V., Siranova, M., & Sipikal, M. (2019). Public support for firms in lagging regions—evaluation of innovation subsidy in Slovakia....
  • Nikitskaya, E. F., Safronova, A. A., Zhidkova, O. N., Anatolyevich, A., Ivanov, L. N. I. S., & Mamedova, N. A. (2014). Evolutionary aspects...
  • OECD (2023). Framework for the Evaluation of SME and Entrepreneurship Policies and Programmes 2023, OECD Studies on SMEs and Entrepreneurship,...
  • Pastor, J.M., Raymond, J.L., Roig, J.L. & Serrano, L. (2010). Fondos Estructurales, capital humano y convergencia en las regiones objetivo...
  • Rodríguez-Pose A. (2000) Economic convergence and regional development strategies in Spain: the case of Galicia and Navarre, EIB Papers 5(1),...
  • Rodríguez-Pose A., & Fratesi, U. (2004). Between Development and Social Policies: The Impact of European Structural Funds in Objective...
  • Sánchez, E.C., Martínez, R.C., & Arellano, Y.M. (2018). Evolutionism, Innovation and National Development: The Role of National Companies...
  • Sande, D. (2018). Análise dos Fondos Europeos para innovación rexional: Avaliación do programa FEDER-Innterconecta do Fondo Tecnolóxico para...
  • Sande, D. (2020). O estrangulamento tecnolóxico de Galiza. Análise das Políticas Europeas para Innovación Rexional durante a Gran Recesión....
  • Sande, D. (2022a). ¿Existe impacto de las Políticas Europeas de Innovación Regional en las empresas? Análisis del programa FEDER-Innterconecta...
  • Sande, D. (2022b). Large Enterprises Vs SMEs: Who shows the greatest impact of the Structural Funds for business innovation in peripheral...
  • Sande, D. (2024). Do the Structural Funds in innovation influence the growth of companies? Analysis through the ERDF-Innterconecta programme...
  • Sande, D., & Sande, J.R. (2023). Evaluación de las políticas europeas de innovación empresarial en el sector tecnológico medioambiental:...
  • Sande, D., & Vence, X. (2019). Avaliación do impacto do Programa Fondo Tecnolóxico 2007-2013 en Galicia: resultados, concentración das...
  • Sande, D., & Vence, X. (2021). Impacto de los Fondos Estructurales para Innovación sobre la innovación empresarial: un análisis a través...
  • Segarra-Blasco, A. (2018). Subvenciones, préstamos y desgravaciones a la I+D: ¿cuál es su impacto en las empresas catalanas? Investigaciones...
  • Sergej, V. (2016). The Impact of the Structural Funds on Competitiveness of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Journal of Competitiveness,...
  • Sosvilla-Rivero, S., Bajo O., & Díaz C. (2003). Sobre la efectividad de la política regional comunitaria: El caso de Castilla-la Mancha,...
  • Tödtling, F., & Trippl, M. (2005). One Size Fits All? Towards a Differentiated Regional Innovation Policy Approach. Research Policy, 34,...
  • Van Der Zwet, A., Bachtler, J., Ferry, M., McMaster, I., & Miller, S. (2017). Integrated Territorial and Urban Strategies-How are ESIF...
  • Vivarelli, M. (2014) Innovation, Employment and Skills in Advanced and Developing Countries: A Survey of the Literature. Journal of Economic...
  • Vojtovič, S, (2016). The Impact of the Structural Funds on Competitiveness of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises. Journal of Competitiveness,...