Purpose: Regional development must heavily rely on innovation in order to be competitive and improve the standard of … living of its citizens. However, regional policies regarding innovation is often limited by decelerated decision making … order to continuously evaluate the progress of regions and assess different innovation indicators in shorter periods, a …

shaping the innovation performance of the EU nations. The objects of the empirical research are the EU member states for the … investigated innovation indicators-technological, non-technological, and commercial ones. The outcomes of this study highlight the … most critical areas where EU member states could focus to improve their national innovation performance and may assist …

The effective operation of national innovation systems can be a source of many opportunities, but it cannot be … forgotten that innovation in itself may mean limiting but also generating various types of risks for the functioning of the … local market. The main aim of the article is to present the concept and classification of national innovation systems in the …