The importance of social innovation for overcoming societal challenges is now widely recognised. In addition to their contribution to the transformation of socio-technical systems, they are also assigned an important role in flanking disruptive technological developments and coping with crisis...

Vietnam, Red River Delta, multinational enterprises, regional development, firm survival, industrial concentration, location choice, backward linkages, spillovereffects. - Delta des Roten Flusses, multinationale Unternehmen, regionale Entwicklung, Fortbestehen von Unternehmen, industrielle...

Focusing on the Asia-Pacific region, which in recent years has been the engine of global economic growth, this volume surveys trends and prospects in technical and vocational education and training (TVET) with particular reference to achieving inclusive growth and the greening of economies....

This paper deals with the question of changing relations between business R&D (BERD), patents and output measures like value added and productivity (macro level) as well as EBIT and market capitalization (micro level) to analyze long-term/secular effects of technological change at different...