Recent contributions to the literature of national innovation systems (NIS) reflect growing research interests in cross …-country comparisons, in particular so in performance comparisons across national innovation systems. Although such comparisons differ … to discuss the usefulness of benchmarking studies carried out within the framework of national innovation systems (NIS …

In this paper, we give an overview on recent developments in the research on national innovation systems (NIS … innovation systems, heterogeneity in the structure of the systems is only marginally taken into account, an aspect that may … ties up with early studies of national innovation systems. …

This paper deals with theoretical as well as empirical issues in research on national innovation systems (NIS). The … concepts. Second, and based on this theoretical introduction, the empirical treatment of national innovation systems is … discussed while recent trends in the NIS literature on performance measurement of innovation systems are summarized. Third …

The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of technological opportunities on the innovation activities of firms …, different innovation effects were empirically outlined for the German manufacturing industry for the first time. On the … innovation input side, the effects of science-related technological opportunities in combination with absorptive capacities …