This paper explores how the innovation strategies of firms reflect the density, diversity and connectivity of their …

The concept of a holistic innovation policy is defined in this article, with discussions of what it is, why it is … relevant, and how it can be implemented to enhance product innovation. It is shown that the innovation systems approach has … diffused rapidly during the latest decades and has completely replaced the linear view in the field of innovation research. The …

The concept of a holistic innovation policy is defined in this paper, and it is discussed what it is, why it is … relevant and how it can be implemented. One of the main conclusions is that the innovation policies in European countries are … still linear (and not holistic), in spite of the fact that the linear view has been completely abandoned by innovation …

plagued by low pay-off in relation to very high investments in R&D and innovation efforts. Using new data, we show that this … related to the Swedish paradox. We take account of the history of innovation policy in Sweden and – on the basis of the …

(education and training) when designing and implementing innovation policies. With this approach, the paper aims at filling the … gap between the existing literature on competences on the one hand, and the real world of innovation policy-making on the … competence-building in the innovation process from a perspective of innovation systems; it examines how governments and public …

towards the foreign market vs. the domestic market to find stimuli for innovation …

This paper analyzes how the influence of firm-level innovation determinants varies over the industry life cycle. Two … sets of determinants are distinguished: (1) determinants of a firm’s innovation propensity, i.e. the likelihood of being … innovative and (2) determinants of its innovation intensity, i.e. innovation sales. By combining the literature emphasizing firms …