The article discusses recent advances and future challenges in innovation studies. First, it separately considers four … main strands of research, studying innovation at the organisational, systemic, sectoral and macroeconomic levels. Then … technological and institutional change; the role of demand; and the impacts of innovation on individual and collective welfare …

The study of the relationships between innovation and the competitiveness of industries is an important topic for both … economics view. Both traditions agree on the important role played by innovation and the intersectoral diffusion of advanced … knowledge for the competitive performance of industrial sectors. Behind this general agreement, however, the two approaches are …

on innovation and economic growth, the technology-gap approach and the Kaldorian theory of cumulative causation. The … the 1980s, innovation and diffusion of new technologies provide with a greater stimulus to productivity growth, but the …

Innovation Surveys in Latin American started more than ten years ago. As of today, 15 Latin American countries have … carried out a total of 46 innovation surveys, and Latin America does now stand out as the region with the most active … innovation survey data production within the developing world. This short article provides a primer to innovation surveys in …