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 …

strategic knowledge arbitrage competences. From the pre-market perspectives of R&D and innovation management through successful …

application (innovation). The academic firm interprets and qualifies a disciplinary (interdisciplinary) variety of the background … design (and redesign) for entrepreneurship in innovation-driven knowledge economy. …

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 …