The innovation systems approach has proven useful in explaining the reasons behind varying economic performance in … developing countries. The systemic understanding of the innovation process, which pays attention to the knowledge flow among … interactive actors, serves as a useful 'focusing device' for elaborating effective policy to accelerate the innovation process and …

Information about the success of a new technology is usually held asymmetrically between the research and development …, Research and Development, Financial Constraints, Innovation Policy …

Innovation support measures in the EU are mostly designed to support product innovation in RD intensive sectors. To … industries a broader innovation policy mix is more appropriate. This paper draws data from a survey of more than 300 SMEs from … seven regions within the European Union, as well as case studies, to address the question How can innovation policy …

In this paper we analyse the role of sectoral innovation systems in the emergence and catch-up of aerospace industries … in latecomer economies. We argue that the aerospace sector is characterized by a process of interrupted innovation …. Competitive pressures and the cyclical nature of the industry not only require shifts in the direction of innovation and changes …

Innovation strategies of entrepreneurs are mapped with growth and performance of their firms in this study. Findings of … innovation strategies experienced more employment growth, higher profitability, and better sales dynamics than those that adopted … occasional innovation approach. Market growth of continuous innovating firms realized faster pace than other type of firms …

of European publicly-funded research, including the establishment of Technology Transfer Offices (TTOs). Recent surveys …

This paper revisits the competition-innovation relationship using an unbalanced panel of enterprise data stemming from … four waves of the Luxembourgish innovation survey for the period 2002-2010. We estimate by full-information maximum … competition and three indicators of innovation and find that firms whose main market is characterised by rapid obsolescence of …

innovation and productivity of Uruguayan services firms vis a vis manufacturing. Results show that ICT investments are more … innovation investments are positively associated with productivity in services but only ICT affect productivity in manufacturing …

countries. However we are evidencing that the majority of the CDM projects deploy local sources of technology, which challenges … the North- South technology transfer paradigm established under the sustainable development agenda of the KP. This paper … is an attempt to explain technology sourcing patterns in CDM projects through employment of knowledge base determinants …