VYBRANÉ CHARAKTERISTIKY TVORBY A ŠÍRENIA ZNALOSTÍ NA ZÁPADNOM SLOVENSKU V OBDOBÍ 2007-2017
SELECTED FEATURES OF THE CREATION AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN WESTERN SLOVAKIA IN 2007-2017

Author(s): Pavla ŠTEFKOVIČOVÁ
Subject(s): Regional Geography, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Present Times (2010 - today), Sociology of Education
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: research and development; knowledge flows; regions in western Slovakia;
Summary/Abstract: The aim of the article is to outline the importance of knowledge for regional development and introduce selected features of research and development within technical sciences regarding the creation and dissemination of knowledge in the regions of western Slovakia in 2007 – 2017. Bratislavský kraj has a dominant position in human resources and financing of research and development among other regions, as evidenced by the analysis of processed statistical data. Based on the analysis of information about cooperating R&D organizations from the database of projects supported by Slovak Research and Development Agency, we created a map of spatial bonds, which we consider as preconditions for the originating of knowledge flows. Results showed that most of the knowledge flows were initiated in Bratislava, where many public as well as private organizations that carry out research and development in technical sciences are concentrated. Bratislava therefore plays a crucial role in creation and dissemination of knowledge from technical sciences and other regions in western Slovakia can acquire it more easily through knowledge spillovers because of their geographical proximity.

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