Purpose: Regional development must heavily rely on innovation in order to be competitive and improve the standard of … living of its citizens. However, regional policies regarding innovation is often limited by decelerated decision making … order to continuously evaluate the progress of regions and assess different innovation indicators in shorter periods, a …

Arts, democracy, and innovation co-evolve. While for the Triple Helix model the existence of a democracy is not … necessary for knowledge production and innovation, the Quadruple Helix is here more explicit. The way how the Quadruple Helix is … being engineered, designed, and "architected" clearly shows that there cannot be a Quadruple Helix innovation system without …

Financing constraints have been discussed as a major obstacle to innovation. Small and mediumsized enterprises and … sense and as instruments for financing innovation. It also discusses implications of these developments for public policy …