their inward looking or exploitationʺ attitude in R&D and innovation. We argue that because of sunk costs and learning …. Among other things, this suggests that explorationʺ, which leads to the opening of new innovation trajectories, requires not …

-organisational configurations of these factories confirm that this wave of technological innovation is far from leading to total automation or the …

Research on processes of innovation has emphasised the role of (publicly funded) research institutions (RTOs) as well … as the embeddedness of innovation procedures in a systemic context. This paper deals with the changing contribution of … RTOs to innovation systems due to the emergence of a highly differentiated service economy. It is part of a larger research …

This paper addresses the relationships between innovation, research and development (R&D) and productivity in domestic … ICT firms in Costa Rica. Factors considered were the types of innovation outputs produced by domestic ICT firms, the … relative importance of innovation inputs, the impacts of innovation on firm productivity, the protection of innovations, and …

process innovation on productivity in the Chilean manufacturing industry during the past decade. In general, the evidence … suggests there is not a contemporaneous effect of product innovation on productivity, but there is a positive effect of process … innovation. This notsignificant effect of product innovation contrasts with evidence of studies for other countries. However, the …

This article contributes to the literature on innovation and development by identifying the determinants of innovation … determinants of innovation to be different for industrialized and developing countries. This is supported by endogeneity tests …

There is considerable debate regarding the use of intellectual property rights (IPR) to spur innovation in the software …