Research suggests that innovation and technological change are crucial for the economic recovery of the former … centrally planned countries in Central and Eastern Europe. This book analyses the development of innovation systems and …. Included in the book are discussions on: * the process of transforming the innovation systems in Central and Eastern Europe * a …

Innovation networks in industries and sectoral systems: an introduction / Franco Malerba and Nicholas S. Vonortas … -- Innovation networks in industry / Nicholas S. Vonortas -- The dynamics of networks and the evolution of industries: a survey of … networks in ICT / Stefano Breschi ... [et al.] -- Evaluating the links between research and deployment networks of innovation …

'Frenkel and Maital provide a ground-breaking deeply-delving study of innovation systems, offering guidance for …-founder, Global Advanced Technology Innovation Consortium (GATIC). 'A must read for national policy makers, this book highlights the … role of innovation in overall economic wellbeing and the importance of a system-based approach to designing national …

Competitiveness in Research and Development includes a unique comparative analysis of R&D and innovation systems of … measurement of R&D and innovation performance …

papers included range from simulation models of the evolution of market structure in the presence of innovation, through …

Introduction / Gerald I. Susman -- Exploring the reach. of innovation-related cooperation in small firms / Mark Freel … -- Innovation, productivity, and growth : an analysis of Irish data / James H. Love, Stephen Roper -- Innovation strategies and … conceptual framework to describe network effectiveness / Irene J. Petrick, Carleen Maitland -- Sourcing of innovation as …

research and teaching synergies in innovation and enterprise -- 9. Action research for enterprise research. -- 10. Case … -- 12. Issues in cross-national comparisons applied to building theory on informal innovation in SMEs -- 13. Marketing …

Machine generated contents note: 1 Technology and entrepreneurship 1 -- 2 Knowledge, innovation and firm size 24 -- 3 … Local geographic spillovers 44 -- 4 Sectoral characteristics 63 -- 5 Innovation of entrepreneurial firms 74 -- 6 Capital … structure, innovation and firm size 98 -- 7 Employment growth in metropolitan areas 115 -- 8 Employment, wages and R …