Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at regional and national level. In the competitive environment … achieve innovations of high quality. Depending on the type of industry, the type of business, the type of innovation and the … strategic objectives that have been set, firms will regularly have to modify the way in which their R&D and innovation is …

enterprises (SMEs) seemingly successful R&D is a function of innovation processes and R&D networks. There is a perceived lack of … and to SME's is the development of collaborative environments and networks to increase their innovation capabilities as a … single unit but also the capabilities of the network as a whole through collective learning. SMEs seem to be appropriate …

with external networks together enhance the probability that firms engage in product and process innovation. Following … data from the Irish Community Innovation Survey 2006-08. In order to control for potential endogeneity of the external …-owned firms which engage in backward networking for product and forward networking for process innovation while also undertaking R …

the Open Source Innovation (OSI) model. OSI exhibits main differences to other related models and concepts such as the … private-collective model, commons-based peer production, R&D networks and is therefore an innovation model in its own right …

research organization of this sector with concentration of national research potential The innovation system is operating below … its potential, whether measured by the system’s inputs, outputs, or by the contribution of innovation to economic growth … terms of innovations and excellence in business factors and 92nd under the innovation development indicator. This is not …

behind the Park as well as the effects of its operation. The author also describes the role of innovation as the main …