In recent years the Russian innovation policy has made a significant progress that manifests in developing its ‘tool … kit', increasing resource base, etc. However it has not yet succeeded in improving business innovation activities that … Russian industrial enterprises the authors analyze key features of innovation in Russian companies under economic recovery, as …

Tourism is characterized for being a sector that has been highlighted as one of the activities with greatest potential …, tourism accepts the prominence role of being a strategy for local development. In this context the search for competitiveness …, in regional development and in countries’ competitiveness, it is important to analyze its potential in tourism. This …

regional tourism along its three main dimensions: organisational, environmental and innovation-process specifics. Empirical …-sized tourist enterprises (MSMTEs). Innovation barriers are identified and explored within the framework of innovative chain of the …-governments, tourists, local communities). The main conclusion is that the organisational, environmental and innovation-process related …

The urban tourism is a segment with a relevant expansion, assuming an important role in the revitalization and in the … the urban dimension and its interconnections with the tourism activities. The evolution of growth urban patterns, the … representations and concept of city and models of spatial development are synthetically presented. Urban tourism is presented and …

According to the open innovation model an effective strategy for increasing innovation and competitiveness of the … region should be based on active and multilevel cooperation among operators of the local tourism business environment. It is … rather high level of inertia of local authorities in creating appropriate conditions for tourism business development, thus …

The design of new tourism products necessarily enters into the realm of uncertainty. Such uncertainty concerns the …

The new paradigm of regional policy is based more on competitiveness, innovation and internal potential of regions than … on balancing regional disparities by public aid only. Innovation policies are being established and implemented at … national and regional levels covering relatively a broad range of public initiatives directed towards supporting the innovation …

This paper discusses firm-operational innovation processes against the background of conflict and cooperation relations … for an active role of work councils and other interest representations of employees in innovation processes. As a …

level of innovation and a relatively high share of employees in high-tech industries. …