Using micro data from Brazilian manufacturing firms, this paper investigates the impact of a wide set of innovation … clients, human capital development, ICT usage, product innovation and learning by exporting, with an R&D effect only in the … long run. Though the intensity with which firms engage in these innovation activities is sector dependent, innovation …

in developing countries. Building on this analysis, the paper outlines a vision of innovation for development that could … lead to a truly new research programme for innovation studies and the development of successful innovation …

Research and development is a crucial activity in the innovation process. Not every firm is in a position to overcome …

Innovation serves many purposes. In this paper we study new varieties of innovation and innovation policy which address … terms of multiplicities of innovation, governance and societal challenges. They serve as living labs and lead-markets for … solutions to societal challenges. The identified and analysed cases of social innovation initiatives in these metropolitan areas …

, education pillar, economic incentive and institutional regime pillar, innovation efficiency index, knowledge creation index …, knowledge impact index, knowledge diffusion index and technological infrastructure, despite deterioration in both innovation … investing heavily in education, training, boosting knowledge absorption index and innovation through intensive spending on RD …