This paper describes the evidence that several Statistics Canada studies have developed on the importance of innovation … to growth and the need for highly skilled workers in the innovation process. Rather than focusing on broad industry … frequently distinguishes faster from slower growing firms is innovation. Innovators in turn place greater emphasis on training …

obstacles and consequences. For the purpose of this paper, innovation has served as a major contributor for the previously … and explores those innovation determinants that have been detected by region. The analysis defines a set of regionalized … firms' behavioural patterns towards innovation. Methodologically, the Logistic Biplot is applied to an extended sample of …

The strategic choices regarding innovation and R&D policy in Portugal have, over the last two decades, produced various … sample of innovative institutions in Portugal. Variables such as ‘Promoting knowledge', ‘Management skills', ‘Promoting R … firms located throughout the country, and to explore those innovation determinants that have a region-specific connotation …

In the last four decades the developed economies have developed into veritable knowledge economies at the same time as … been substantially increased investments in research and development (R&D) to generate new knowledge and new technologies … and increased investments in diffusing existing knowledge by means of education and thereby raising the volume of human …

behaviour of firms and entrepreneurs; and the influence of the global context on the location, export and innovation behaviour … of firms in a knowledge economy. They also address critical questions that underpin the emerging knowledge economy … innovation given at the 10th anniversary of the Udevalla conference. It is the finest set of conference papers I have seen in the …

1. Introduction : innovation, technology and knowledge / Charlie Karlsson, Borje Johansson and Roger R. Stough -- 2 … performance / Andreas P. Cornett and Nils Karl SØRENSEN -- 6. Knowledge integration and network structure : modelling innovation …. Three stories about national systems of innovation / Alina Liden -- 3. Innovation, productivity and export evidence from …