future of innovation? First-rate inventions in the 1990s, notably the web and user-friendly business productivity software … markets that welcome innovation, while Europe remains under the control of corporatist institutions that dampen competition …

environmental regulations can spur more rapid innovation. I present a general framework for the analysis of these questions. I …

sectors (inter-sectoral spillovers), or at the international level. We find that innovation is strongly driven by knowledge … spillovers, especially those occurring at the national level. Wind and solar technologies exhibit distinct innovation … only influential in the case of wind technology. We also find evidence that public R&D stimulates innovation, particularly …

more important for small-firm innovation than for their larger counterparts. …

Innovation is a crucial driver of urban and regional economic success. Innovative cities and regions tend to grow … faster and have higher average wages. Little research, however, has considered the potential negative consequences: as a … small body of innovators gain relative to others, innovation may lead to inequality. The evidence on this point is …

This paper looks at the genesis of innovation in the United States from a territorial perspective. The analysis aims to … disentangle the impact of local R&D expenditure from other contextual conditions supportive of the process of innovation …. Particular emphasis is devoted to the role of socio-economic factors and systems of innovation conditions (‘social filter …