The paper analyzes how geographical clustering of beneficiaries might affect the effectiveness of public innovation … support programs. The geographical proximity of firms operating in the same industry or field of technology is expected to … facilitate innovation through knowledge spillovers and other localization advantages. Public innovation support programs may …

Economics and innovation scholars have long recognized the potential of public procurement to trigger innovation. To …? This paper addresses these issues by providing a literature survey of research on public procurement of innovation (PPI …: i) Does PPI spur innovation? ii) How should PPI be designed to best spur innovation? iii) What are the main barriers to …

This paper investigates the impact of in-house R&D and innovation management practices on innovation success in small … and medium-sized firms (SMEs). While there is little doubt about the significance of technology competence for generating … innovation management tools in order to achieve innovation success. We analyse whether such a strategy can pay off. Based on data …

attributed to the fact that technology policy maintains special funding schemes for small and medium-sized companies. The fact …

Information about the success of a new technology is usually held asymmetrically between the research and development …

Public procurement accounts for 15 to 20 percent of global GDP and is considered an effective innovation policy …

Information about the success of a new technology is usually held asymmetrically between the research and development …