The paper aims to show how policy makers can stimulate firms' cooperation with research organisations in innovation. We …

This paper aims to provide an overview of the recently introduced demand based innovation policy instrument in Finland … - the Strategic Centers for Science, Technology and Innovation (in Finnish - SHOKs). SHOKs are formed to support the … innovative activities of existing industries in Finland with emphasis on industrial renewal through innovation. The focus in this …

Several regional technology and innovation strategy documents have been written covering every region within Finland in … regional innovation strategies of Finnish regions using one conceptual framework developed for this purpose. The basis of this … Technology and Innovation, but it also includes elements from the theories of regional innovation systems and international trade …

innovation system. Three virtually simultaneous changes are of special importance. The first is the massive on-going renewal of … foundation of the so-called Strategic Centres for Science, Technology and Innovation (Finnish acronym: SHOK) that aim at … Centres for Science ; Technology and Innovation ; SHOK ; Universities Act ; University Inventions Act ; university technology …

One of the main objectives of the new European research and innovation policy agenda is to favour the positive … presents a literature review on the economics of research, innovation and competitiveness, focusing on the evidence available … regarding the determinants for company creation and growth and the role played by Research, Development (R&D) and innovation …

The effect of the EU Research Framework Programme (FP) on European company innovation performance is analysed for the … have considered if the fund was not there. In addition, the FP programme increases collaboration with other innovation … simultaneously modelled when innovation performance is studied. To measure innovation performance, an input indicator (level of R …