The literature on cluster development almost unanimously regard ‘clusters' as the co-location of businesses along a supply-chain ultimately culminating in the territorial concentration of certain economic activities. This paper presents a different strategy of cluster development, the...

Economic diversification is high on the governmental agenda of many natural resourcebased economies. The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region is a case in point, as the governments there are making substantial investments in high-tech industries such as semiconductors, the aerospace industry...

Policy instruments introduced with the aim of promoting environmental sustainability are often designed and evaluated in terms of their impact in facilitating technological change. The bulk of ‘green' policy instruments that have emerged in recent decades have had as their target the...

In an increasingly globalised economy, the ability to draw in innovations and ideas from elsewhere and build on them to create value at home has become a powerful facility for economic growth. Since some places are better at adopting and adapting borrowed ideas than others, the process of...

Quite often, innovation policy is called upon to bring about innovations that could provide solutions to socio-economic problems such as low productivity, regional economic regeneration, environmental, defence or health-related matters. Around the world, governments have outlined ambitious plans...

This paper is concerned with the multitude of interleaving issues which emerge when engaging multiple stakeholders in decision making. Whilst recognising the intrinsic values of group work (including shared views, wide option selection, public spirited focus, legitimacy of decisions and improved...

As the demand-pull theories of innovation are making their come back, there is also increasing interest in the role of government demand in stimulating innovation. Governments, especially in OECD countries, have announced initiatives and reforms aimed at mobilising the use of procurement to...

While the contributions of immigrants from Chinese, Indian and Latin American backgrounds to the US innovation system have been well documented, little exists on the contribution of people from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to the US innovation system. This paper provides a critical...

This paper examines the factors that underlie location decisions made by entrepreneurs that have established successful hi-tech endeavours in non-traditional places. The paper considers the cases of Skype in Estonia and SoundCloud in Berlin. Lessons are drawn from the cases and a theoretical...