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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 …

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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...

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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 …

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Innovation in peripheral regions: Do collaborations compensate for a lack of local knowledge spillovers?

Grillitsch, Markus; Nilsson, Magnus - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2014

It is widely accepted that firms in peripheral regions benefit to a lesser extent from local knowledge spillovers than firms located in agglomerations or industrial clusters. This paper investigates the extent to which innovative firms in peripheral regions compensate for the lack of access to...

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Identification of regions with less developed research and innovation systems

Trippl, Michaela; Asheim, Björn; Miorner, Johan - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2015

The aim of this working paper is to contribute to the debate on how to identify regions with less developed research and innovation systems. We look at both conceptual and empirical approaches that figure prominently in scholarly work on regional innovation systems. Based on a critical review...

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Capabilities, Competitiveness, Nations

Fagerberg, Jan; Srholec, Martin - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2015

This paper discusses the role of capabilities and competitiveness for the economic growth of nations. The capability … on economic growth on data for the period 1995-2013. The final section presents the conclusions from the study and raises …

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Knowledge base combinations and innovation performance in Swedish regions

Grillitsch, Markus; Martin, Roman; Srholec, Martin - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2015

The literature on geography of innovation suggests that innovation outcomes depend on the type of knowledge base employed by firms. While knowledge bases are distinct categories with regards to the nature and the rational of knowledge creation, existing studies also stress that innovation...

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The Challenge of Combinatorial Knowledge Dynamics to Study of Institutions, Towards an Actor-centric Bottom-up View of Institutions

Sotarauta, Markku - Centre for Innovation, Research and Competence in the … - 2015

This paper argues that obstruction of agency, intention and interest is a weakness in institutional studies in geography. There is a need to systematically anchor a role for agency in institutionally oriented combinatorial knowledge dynamics studies, and thus to reach beyond snapshots of...

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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...

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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’...

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