Recent contributions to the literature of national innovation systems (NIS) reflect growing research interests in cross …-country comparisons, in particular so in performance comparisons across national innovation systems. Although such comparisons differ … to discuss the usefulness of benchmarking studies carried out within the framework of national innovation systems (NIS …

In this paper, we give an overview on recent developments in the research on national innovation systems (NIS … innovation systems, heterogeneity in the structure of the systems is only marginally taken into account, an aspect that may … ties up with early studies of national innovation systems. …

This paper deals with theoretical as well as empirical issues in research on national innovation systems (NIS). The … concepts. Second, and based on this theoretical introduction, the empirical treatment of national innovation systems is … discussed while recent trends in the NIS literature on performance measurement of innovation systems are summarized. Third …