The two-dimensional intensity-balance typology for the knowledge basket shows a strong cluster of highly intensive receivers in the Nordic countries, although both Norway and Sweden also have highly intensive senders regions. In the case of Finland, this is mainly due to the enrollment of a very large number of students in the Erasmus program, especially in the sparsely populated north. Apart from Scandinavia, highly intensive receivers are also visible in the Central European capitals, from Budapest through Prague to Berlin. This group also includes Lisbon and Oslo. On the other hand, highly intensive senders for the knowledge basket include such other capitals as Paris, Madrid, Rome, Vilnius, and Brati-slava. We can therefore conclude that the group of capitals and agglomerations is strongly dependent on flows of knowledge, but the direction of these flows is highly diversified. The typology confirms that while the intensity of knowledge flows fits the classic core-periphery pattern (especially in the west-east relationship), once the balance is taken into account the system becomes more territorially complex, and the north-south dimension becomes important.
Theme(s): Economy, finance and trade - Education - Science and Technology - Science, Technology and Innovation
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