policy and is supported by the EU funds via allocations for convergence - competitiveness and employment - European … States (NMS) of the EU are a major beneficiary of these allocations, especially with regard to the convergence objective … the main issue is when and with which rate a process of regional convergence will occur, both inside each country and …

hierarchy. The convergence of the regional R&D and innovation system is as an essential component of successful regional …, facilitates cohesion in the social sector. In this context our paper explored the convergence patterns of R&D in Romania over 1995 …-2014 and several subperiods, with a focus on the recent economic crisis, applying the 'sigma' and "beta" convergence methods …