, where a non-governmental organization (NGO) rather than a regulator watches over citizens' interests. The innovation … innovation process is considered in terms of a redistribution of profit towards community development, with or without additional … demonstrates that the firm's choice of VA hinges on the tradeoffs between appropriating the full innovation profit and paying a …

systems of innovation. Limited interaction contributes to explain poor performance in R&D and ultimately, in innovation by … developing countries. But why this is so? Based on evidence from the pharmaceutical industry in Mexico, this paper identifies …

In pursuit of innovation, developing countries play an increasingly relevant role for multinational pharmaceutical … paper critically addresses some of these issues with particular reference to Mexico. The latter case equally illustrates …

knowledge. Learning for innovation is a key ingredient of catching-up processes. The analysis builds on survey data about … pharmaceutical firms in Mexico. Results show that the influence of human resource management is contingent on the knowledge flows and … innovation goals pursued by the firm. Practices such as training-- particularly from external partners; and remuneration for …

about the relationship between the patent system and innovation, in order to draw some tentative conclusions about their …

Evidence on the "funding gap" for investment innovation is surveyed. The focus is on financial market reasons for …

This paper studies the dynamic relationship between input and output of innovation in Dutch manufacturing using an … unbalanced panel of enterprise data from five waves of the Community Innovation Survey during 1994-2004. We estimate by maximum … persistence of innovation input and innovation output, a lag effect of the former on the latter and a feedback effect of the …

This paper addresses the question whether innovation is within reach for small enterprises in developing economies by … starts with reviewing definitions of innovation since Schumpeter. It concludes that newness, value creation and process are … time and again considered as the key-elements of innovation. Innovation, hence, may be summarized as the process of …

knowledge re-use, adaptation and embedment in many emerging and developing countries involving efforts at local innovation, is … in many ways similar to, and reminiscent of the development of the many innovation policy tools in European countries and … regions. The first policy challenge, we refer to as "recherche sans frontières"; the second one as "innovation for local …