competitiveness of the Italian industrial districts, if they represent a model of success or rather a weak system of production. Thus … that comes out of this investigation is that industrial districts are strongly influenced by institutions, territory, and … also by the social and cultural environment. The second argument regards the competitiveness of this Italian industrial …

) and the complex systems evolutionary economics (EE) to address issues related to innovation processes, technological … of socio-technical systems of production and innovation. Finally, it provides a perspective of generality and scope, an … concepts in the context of the functioning of socio-technical systems of production and innovation. Then as a closure raises …

The competitiveness of enterprises depends not only on their strategies and operations but also on the macroeconomic … enterprise competitiveness development in the Czech Republic which focus mainly to the infrastructure for industrial research …, innovation, industry clusters, human resources and business development. …

technological development. For this reason we rely on the final results of a research project on women in innovation, technology and …

innovation in medical devices on health costs and expenditure; b) the innovativeness of the European medical device industry; c …) the competitiveness of the European medical device industry as compared to that of the United States and Japan. …

industry has indeed been losing competitiveness as compared to the USA, although there are large differences and trends across … European countries. As a whole, Europe is lagging behind in its ability to generate, organise, and sustain innovation processes … position of the US as a locus of innovation in pharmaceuticals has increased over the past decade compared to Europe. All in …

The study of the relationships between innovation and the competitiveness of industries is an important topic for both … play a fundamental role for shaping innovation patterns and their impacts on the competitiveness of industries. … economics view. Both traditions agree on the important role played by innovation and the intersectoral diffusion of advanced …

innovation. In other words, competitiveness is a necessary but not sufficient condition for continued prosperity. Hence, the need …

uses the Schumpeterian model of innovation-diffusion as a framework for the study of "why growth rates differ" between … countries, while chapter 3 extends the analysis to include international trade - or "competitiveness" - as well. The main …. Chapter 4, which focuses on the relation between innovation-diffusion, structural changes in world trade and export …