Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong … correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the … other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent discrepancies between knowledge inputs and economic performance …

Creative capacity in the field of regional sciences means the capability of any region to generate knowledge and thus … to achieve innovation and the diffusion of the output of the innovative activity while obtaining the viability and … empirical evidences showed that rural region has a great potential capacity in terms of its five components viz. knowledge …

components of creative capacity, viz., knowledge, innovation, entrepreneurship and networks, in order to build a more … dynamics, i.e. tacit knowledge, cultural heritage and social and physical environment, as the main and basic measurement unit … for creative capacity analysis. Creative capacity, rural regions, innovation, sustainable competitive advantage …