The knowledge-based economy/society challenges and changes organisations, institutions and job contents generated by new requirements and the increasingly complex and dynamic environment in which they are compelled to act. Institutions and organisations, public or private, need to adjust rapidly...

The present research underlies on the idea that recently in both governmental long term strategies and economic theories regions are considered as centers of economic growth and as hubs in the spillover of knowledge and that innovation is a critical component of long-term economic prosperity....

Increasing research and development activities, especially in the private sector, it is possible through tax incentives for companies witch unfold research and development activities. A tax incentive represents an important determined in innovative behavior. For designing and measuring public...