&D performers predominantly to acquire complementary technological knowledge (HBA strategy) and to use their home … knowledge exchange between technologically similarly oriented locations. Hence, the increased attraction of foreign R …&D locations is no reason for concern regarding the perceived hollowing-out of the national innovation systems. Indeed, since the …

We develop a composite indicator measuring the performance of national innovation systems. The indicator takes into … assessment of preconditions for innovation by managers. We apply the methodology to a set of 17 industrialized countries on a …, social capital, trust and science and technology to achieve an assessment of a country's social climate for innovation. After …

This is an introduction to the forthcoming volume "The Role of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Economic Growth." The … chapters collected in this volume seek to answer the following questions: What is the relationship between innovation …/entrepreneurship and economic growth in specific industrial sectors? How has the relationship between innovation /entrepreneurship and …

innovation infrastructure (cross-cutting factors which contribute broadly to innovativeness throughout the economy), the … environment for innovation in its leading industrial clusters, and the strength of linkages between these two areas. We use this … individual country's knowledge stock.' Further, the predicted level of national innovative capacity has an important impact on …