Innovation and Institutions is an extensive elaboration on the make up of systems of innovation. It examines why some … countries are more innovative than others, why national styles of innovation differ, and goes on to explore why some countries …

This book examines in detail the features and dynamics of sectoral systems of innovation and production in developing … is necessary if innovation is to be encouraged and growth sustained …

This comprehensive volume integrates pathbreaking and seminal scholarship from two interrelated fields - innovation and … of the most important research. Topics covered include: history of thought, innovation and growth, the innovation process … Geography of Innovation and Production', American Economic Review, 86 (3), June, 630-40 -- Edward L. Glaeser, Hedi D. Kallal …

, and experimental work. All studies deal with the innovation effects of public procurement, that is, the purchase by … governments of goods and services. The idea that public procurement can stimulate innovation originates from the seminal work of … on the innovation effects of public procurement to guide the empirical analysis. This thesis picks up on these …