This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the … conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then discuss how these factors are frequently measured in the data … and industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work links to innovation, and we discuss factors that help …

investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains … effective, the innovation strategy should be simplified, with a drastic reduction in the number of government agencies involved …

Since the 1990s, Japanese firms have sought to expand their capacity for innovation by incorporating Western management … successful — Japanese firms are presently at the forefront of technological and service innovation in areas such as digital … features: the vertical value chain model, cross-industry collaboration, dynamic knowledge integration, and strategic innovation …

The development of formal ICT standards is a challenging form of collaborative innovation, combining consensus decision … panel of standards, we then confirm empirically the prediction that consortia have different effects on innovation under a … Public Good or Rent Seeking regime. Overall, we observe an increase in innovation after a firm joined a consortium. However …

Drawing insights from the field of innovation economics, we discuss the likely competitive environment shaping … stifling broad sectoral innovation. We conclude with speculations regarding how this oligopolistic future might be averted …

We examine the relationship between environmental regulations and innovation, using data from UK manufacturing industry … during 2000–2006. We estimate a dynamic model of innovation behaviour, and explicitly account for the likely endogeneity of …