The analysis of innovation and the evolution of industries evolution has witnessed major progress in several areas …. Contributions at the empirical, appreciative, econometric and modelling levels have greater advanced our understanding of innovation … are required for a better understanding of the relationship between innovation and the evolution of industries: the …

literature on firm's boundaries and sectoral systems of innovation, we propose industry-specific variables for pharmaceuticals …

consider critical for success in the innovation process? From the perspective of the respondents, the entrepreneur is the most … important factor in the innovation process. Internal aspects dominate not only the list of success factors but also the top of … entrepreneurs do not consider external circumstances very important aspects of innovation success. They have a rather egocentric …

Various drivers of construction innovation are distinguished and classified in four distinctive categories …: environmental pressure, technological capability, knowledge exchange, and boundary spanning. Innovation drivers in these categories …. Empirical research in the Dutch construction industry illustrates that the innovation drivers are used by managers of the …

factors for innovation at the local level, based on micro survey information from firms. In seeking for prominent explanatory … variables for entrepreneurial innovation in various classes of European cities, a particular multivariate method - i.e., Regime … generates a wide range of interesting empirical results on innovation factors in European cities. …

, mainly on concentration and technical change and innovation. It has also shown that the consequences of policies may …

Innovation is widely acknowledged as one of the main forces driving economic growth. However, despite our significant … knowledge of the technological determinants of innovation processes, an adequate understanding of demand side factors is still … lacking. This paper aims to survey the literature on the influence of demand upon innovation. Although theories and empirical …