dissemination of innovations in regions via spillover effect (NESTA Business growth and innovation, 2009). Fast-growing companies … may contribute more than 50% to GDP growth (Europe INNOVA Gazelles Innovation Panel, 2008). There are several works, that … exogenous factors (Delmar, Davidsson, Gartner, 2003). In our work we assume that regional innovation performance (as a share of …

Hall point it, as an important instrument for creating a strategy for the development of innovation at the state and … need for countries and regions to specialize as well as focus development of innovation in areas that are consistent with …

, development and innovation. Smart specialization is an important instrument for creating a strategy for the development of … innovation at the state and regional level as well as for defining and building the knowledge-based economy. This paper presents … specialization is helping to focus development of innovation in areas consistent with their endogenous potentials. The aims of the …

entrepreneurial activity in innovation and regional growth within a spatial semi-endogenous growth model in the spirit of Jones (1995 …

This paper deals with the relationship between knowledge, innovation and regional growth. The study is carried out … regression can be used for the identi...cation of spatial patterns. In this respect, we ...find a cluster of innovation …

growth based on knowledge and innovation. Poland and its regions are in a specific socio-economical position characterized by … develop and maintain a competitive advantage is to trigger knowledge- and innovation-based entrepreneurship. Cohesion policy … funds open up great opportunities for innovation. Nowadays, when the programming period 2007 - 2013 came to an end, it is …

This paper assesses the extent to which cooperation impacts innovation performance of firms in rural regions … firms. For policymakers, this implies that an exclusive focus on R&D-based regional innovation policies may be neither …