Regional innovation systems in peripheral regions: insights from western Greece

Figures & data

Figure 1. Main RIS elements. Source: inspired by Autio (1998) and Tödtling and Trippl (2005).

Figure 2. Dytiki Ellada, Greece.

Source: Based on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Periferia_Dytikis_Elladas.png/.

Table 1. Research and development (R&D) expenditures compared: total intramural R&D expenditure (GERD) by NUTS-2 regions and sectors of performance, 2011 (€, millions).

Region	Business enterprise sector	Higher education sector	Government sector	Private non-profit sector	Total R&D expenditure	Percentage of GDP (all sectors)
Dytiki Ellada	11.32	56.58	4.24	0	72.15	0.75
EU-28 average	163.99	60.85	32.38	2.34	259.55	1.97
Attiki (Athens metropolitan region)	363.33	225.72	174.16	11.99	775.19	0.77
Kentriki Makedonia (Thessaloniki metropolitan region)	44.42	103.98	40.63	1.24	190.27	0.68
Greece (all 13 regions)	485.86	559.53	331.73	14.04	1391.20	0.67

Note:

NUTS, Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics.

Source: EUROSTAT (2014).

Figure 3. Regional innovation system wheel.

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