with global, national, regional and local knowledge and innovation dynamics. In the text, we stress the importance to … understand the current changes of the global and their implications for knowledge generation and innovation. Treating knowledge … as a key resource for innovation shifts the focus from the innovation itself to the process of knowledge generation …

This paper assesses UK innovation policy impact on a large, population weighted, sample of both service and … manufacturing SMEs. By focussing on self-reported innovation the study achieves a wider coverage of the effects of SME innovation … support for innovation were more likely to innovate than unsupported comparable enterprises. Innovating enterprises are shown …

modeling. Next, innovation, entrepreneurship and knowledge are addressed, and interpreted as critical success conditions for …

(MNE) firms and concentration in specific places due to agglomerative forces. First, innovation ideas arrive at a faster … speed to firms with past experience of innovation activities and with established export market contacts. Second …, innovativeness is strongly dependent on corporate and ownership structure. Third, the returns to innovation efforts are positively …

consider critical for success in the innovation process? From the perspective of the respondents, the entrepreneur is the most … important factor in the innovation process. Internal aspects dominate not only the list of success factors but also the top of … entrepreneurs do not consider external circumstances very important aspects of innovation success. They have a rather egocentric …

and local knowledge and innovation dynamics. In particular, we highlight how the global scene is changing in the … innovation in the large urban agglomerations in the old and in new industrialized countries with their concentrations of …