operationalisation for the purpose of empiricalresearch. It contributes a new perspective and approach in research on innovation … instruments and governance arrangementsin innovation policy. Whilst applying SOFIA, we urge researchers to leveragethe plurality … of different qualitative, quantitative and mixed-method approachesin innovation studies, including less conventional …

Food chain; compliance behavior; food regulation; innovation adoption; environmentally friendly innovations; migration … adoption and diffusion of innovation in rural areas in Germany and Russia. …

multiple Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs). The EIT has been initiated by the European Commission in 2008 with the … innovation and offerings. Public-private partnerships that are targeted at supporting this have been introduced by policy …-makers in the recent past. One example for such a partnership is the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) with …