This paper investigates the role of regional financial development, in addition to FDI, for regional innovation in … regional innovation (patenting) performance. This positive effect is found to be higher for minor innovations such as external … would otherwise impede regional innovation performance …

Should inputs such as bank finance affect innovation in BRICS vs. developed countries similarly? Arguably these … and Tobit to a sample of 22 countries, we show how innovation (measured patents, scientific publications and high …

The labour productivity impact of innovation is investigated in this paper combining neo-Schumpeterian insights on the … variety of innovation, with the importance of industrial structures and firm size; two models are proposed for explaining … productivity and export success in European manufacturing industries and firm size classes. The empirical estimates are based on …

an active innovation promoter. As such, it has actively implemented innovation policies that focus especially on creating … new funding opportunities and establishing several R&D centres to facilitate information flow and innovation cooperation … electronics SMEs, whether these policies have positively affected innovation intensity in HK. The survey findings indicate that …

much of the cumulative innovation literature. When the research abilities of the firms differ, either the high ability firm …

Efficiency scores of the National Innovation System (NIS) for 22 countries, including the BRICS, G7, are calculated … with the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). Relevant factors that may affect the innovation system efficiency are summarized … to the NIS approach and New Growth Theory; (3) Enterprises innovation activities are of key importance to the NIS. To …