paper applies econometric analysis on firm- and region-level data from Sweden. The knowledge base of firms is captured using …

our indices. Sweden experienced increases in research productivity over the period 1985-1998, a period where Swedish R …

Abstract Access to global innovation networks (GINs) has been unequal across the regions of the world. While certain … regions are considered knowledge hubs in GINs, others still remain marginalized; this points to the role of regional … European, Chinese and Indian regions. The results show that GINs are more common in regions which are not organizationally and …

collaboration or offshoring of R&D – and often One traditional indicator of innovation, like patents or R&D investments, thus … regions to show that the Pune region is specialized in the three types of globalization of innovation, and in particular in …

This paper examines the effects of regional R&D on patenting for Sweden within an accessibility framework. We use two … measures of patenting: number of patents granted per capita and a composite of quality-adjusted patents which we regard as an … is used as a dependent variable performs much better than with granted patents per capita for capturing relationships …

This paper examines how technology specialization, measured by citations-weighted patents, affects trade flows. The … paper analyzes (i) the relationship between technology specialization and export specialization across regions and (ii) how … find that the export specialization of a region typically corresponds to the region’s technology specialization, which …

, engineering and medicine. We find high correlation between quality-adjusted-patents and R&D at the sector level, but not between … quality-adjusted-patents and growth in value added or labour productivity. …

According to the Innovation Union Scoreboard, published by the European Commission every year, Sweden has been, and … Scoreboard 2014 (European Union, 2014: 5), Sweden has the top position (ranked number 1) of all EU28 Member States in what is … called “EU Member States’ Innovation Performance”. In the ranking there are 10 countries between Sweden and the EU average …

Sweden is considered to be one of the most advanced countries in terms of innovation worldwide. Sweden always ranks … Eurostat. As many small countries, the Sweden economy has a strong international orientation and this is also reflected in the … explore the links between the NIS in Sweden and the participation of Swedish firms and Swedish universities in Global …