operating in knowledge intensive sectors and start-ups belonging to the remaining ones. This separation is done in order to … interpret the estimation results for start-ups in knowledge intensive sectors in a reliable way. The remaining firms serve as a …

systems of innovation lead to the conclusion that countries differ in the way in which knowledge flows and that innovation … importance of the interactions and linkages among acteurs and institutions involved in innovation and technology development of a … country and calls such a web of interaction a national innovation system. The theoretical and empirical analyses on national …

capital of the founder(s). This holds especially for technological disciplines whereas business knowledge plays a minor role …

Innovation processes toward sustainable development (eco-innovations) have received increasing attention during the … need can be identified to improve our understanding of innovation processes toward sustainability in their different … (co-)evolutionary approaches from environmental and innovation economics to fill this gap. It is argued that both …

This paper discusses the incentives for innovation when liability is limited or not. Clearly innovative activity …