series of detailed regional facilitating and driving factors related, inter alia, to talent, innovation, skills, networks …

patterns in Germany. NNs are modern statistical tools based on learning algorithms that are able to process large amounts of …

The strategic choices regarding innovation and R&D policy in Portugal have, over the last two decades, produced various … firms located throughout the country, and to explore those innovation determinants that have a region-specific connotation …. In our paper, innovation is used as a major contributor to the policy evaluation process referred to above. To provide a …

-2005. Innovation outcomes are measured by means of the number of patent applications per million inhabitants. Given the geographical … concentration and subsequent diffusion of innovation activity, and the spatial selectivity of immigrants' location choices, we take … of McDonald's restaurants as a novel instrument for immigration. The results confirm that innovation is clearly a …

a novel model able to answer how institutions are relating to each other, drawing networks of innovation. The available …In recent decades there have been an enormous number of studies about innovation systems, partly inspired by a great … development strategies. Despite different perspectives, most studies highlight knowledge creation and innovation as the major …

Portuguese strategic choices regarding innovation and R&D policy have, over the past two decades, produced various … firms' contribution to national and regional growth, their obstacles and impacts. For the purpose of this paper, innovation … the present performance of Portuguese firms located throughout the country and to explore those innovation determinants …