R&D and innovation have become much more strategic than ever before for the growth of China as well as for its global … societal upgrade. The Chinese authorities have designed an innovation strategy to face new economic and social challenges. The …

-of-the-art overview of current research on innovation and entrepreneurship in functional regions. There are numerous questions regarding … entrepreneurship and innovation in functional regions that have not yet been answered - until now. Some of the issues that the expert … are entrepreneurial actions and innovation? How important are firm size, firm maturity and corporate structure for …

of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … economy. We argue that the latter area has been overlooked in the policy discussion and that a coherent innovation policy …

Over the past few decades, scholars have shown a growing interest in the topic of innovation processes in multinational … internationalisation of the value-chain raises critical questions linked to the coordination of innovation processes. The objective of this … paper is twofold: (1) to contribute to a better understanding of coordination mechanisms of innovation processes in …

1. Introduction / David Smallbone, Markku Virtanen and Arnis Sauka -- Part I innovation -- 2. Innovation processes in …Entrepreneurship and innovation are arguably the main drivers of economic development today. This book explores the two … established EU member states. Split into three parts, the book focuses on: innovation, entrepreneurial activity and regional …