This paper studies the relationship between the innovation performance of European regions and their resilience. By exploiting a novel dataset that includes patents and trademarks at the regional (NUTS2) level for the 2008–2016 period, the paper addresses two research questions: (1) are innovative regions more resilient? (2) which type of innovation is more conducive to resilience? We frame the relationship between resilience and innovation within the Schumpeterian notion of innovation as a ‘creative response in history’. Overall, we find that a stronger performance in innovation is associated with a better performance in employment both during and in the aftermarket of the 2008 financial crisis. We argue that learning capabilities built over time by regions make them more effective in adapting and recovering during major shocks. While the crisis may have created an opportunity for less developed regions to move ahead, this opportunity has in fact been grasped mainly by those already having a strong regional system of innovation in place.

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创新地区是否更具弹性？2008-2016 年来自欧洲的证据

本文研究了欧洲地区创新绩效与其韧性之间的关系。通过利用包含 2008-2016 年区域 (NUTS2) 级别专利和商标的新数据集，本文解决了两个研究问题：(1) 创新区域是否更具弹性？（2）哪种创新更有利于韧性？我们在熊彼特的创新概念中将弹性和创新之间的关系构建为“历史上的创造性反应”。总体而言，我们发现，在 2008 年金融危机期间和之后的市场中，创新表现越强，就业表现越好。我们认为，随着时间的推移，各地区建立的学习能力使其在重大冲击中更有效地适应和恢复。