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Technological Waves and Economic Growth - Sweden in an International Perspective 1850-2005
Lennart, Schön - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2009
This paper presents a model of long waves and an empirical analysis of Swedish growth since 1850. The model emphasises … the creation of new complementarities around macro innovations. The growth process is periodised in two main parts. The … characterised by rationalisation when the economy is made more homogenous with growth accelerating in a wider context. With a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008752878
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Building RIS in Developing Countries: Policy Lessons from Bangalore, India
Vang, Jan; Chaminade, Cristina - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2006
This paper sheds light on the role of the regional innovation system in facilitating the Bangalore Software cluster’s transition from a development model based on offering low cost activities/services towards a model based on an independent innovation profile. Recent research has documented...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764056
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The Swedish Paradox
Ejermo, Olof; Kander, Astrid - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2006
results. This empirical paradox is part of a more general debate concerning relations between R&D and growth. We show that the … growth, which should lead to expectations of high variation among countries. Previous evidence suggests that Sweden appears …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008764059
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Is Co-Invention Expediting Technological Catch Up? A Study of Collaboration between Emerging Country Firms and EU inventors
Giuliani, Elisa; Martinelli, Arianna; Rabellotti, Roberta - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014
Firms from emerging countries such as Brazil, India, and China (BIC) are going global, and Europe is attracting around one-third of their direct outward investments. Growing internationalization constitutes an opportunity for technological catch up. In this paper we analyze BIC firms’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010945041
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The Innovation Union Scoreboard is Flawed: The case of Sweden – not being the innovation leader of the EU
Edquist, Charles; Zabala-Iturriagagoitia, Jon Mikel - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2015
According to the Innovation Union Scoreboard, published by the European Commission every year, Sweden has been, and still is, an innovation leader within the EU and one of the most innovative countries in Europe. In the Innovation Union Scoreboard 2014 (European Union, 2014: 5), Sweden has the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011267946
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Considering adoption: Towards a consumption-oriented approach to innovation
Rekers, Josephine V. - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2012
What are the forces that shape the adoption of innovations? This question has been sidelined in a largely production-centric literature on the economic geography of innovation. Inspired by Weber’s dual concern with procurement and distribution activities in the location of industry, this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009651241
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Policy coordination in systems of innovation: A structural-functional analysis of regional industry support in Sweden
Nilsson, Magnus; Moodysson, Jerker - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2011
The framework of regional innovation systems highlights the systemic nature of economic development and the importance of coordination of policy activities. Such coordination presupposes an understanding of the underlying problems and how they can be addressed. Generic problems in innovation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324200
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Entrepreneurship: Exploring the Knowledge Base
Landström, Hans; Harirchi, Gouya; Åström, Fredrik - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2011
Entrepreneurship research has a long tradition and since the 1980s the field has grown significantly. In this study we identify the ‘knowledge producers’ who have shaped the field over time and their core entrepreneurship research works. A unique database consisting of all references in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324201
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Innovation Policy Design: Identification of Systemic Problems
Edquist, Charles - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2011
‘Activities’ in innovation systems are the determinants of the development and diffusion of innovations. Examples are R&D, provision of organizations and institutions, financing of innovations, incubation, etc. These activities are partly performed by private organizations and partly by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324202
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Regional Institutional Environment and Its Impact on Intra-firm and Inter-organisational Innovation Networks: A Comparative Case Study in China and Switzerland
LIU, Ju - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2011
This paper investigates the structure of the intra-firm innovation networks (IntraINs) and the inter-organisational innovation networks (InterINs) of six leading manufacturing companies in the Great Zurich Area of Switzerland and the Sichuan province of China. It assesses the regional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009324203