countries. In particular, we discuss the problems of alignment of STI policies with the national economic development agenda …

developing countries. The analysis also highlights the importance of local conditions for catching-up and development. The same …

This paper links innovation system analysis to economic development. Both fields are young and interdisciplinary. In … country context; and we do so in a dialogue with critiques developed within the community of evolutionary and development … scholars. In the second part of the paper we give a brief assessment of how development economics has evolved and we draw some …

2008, to R&D and product development managers of firms and to academic researchers. Our results show different perceptions … related to behavioral characteristics (formalization of R&D activities, fiscal incentives for R&D and openness strategy … science and technology development) and institutional factors (affiliation to public research centres. All channels of …

Clusters are considered an adequate tool for development by governments and international organizations. Existing …