This chapter reviews academic research on the connections between agglomeration and innovation. We first describe the … conceptual distinctions between invention and innovation. We then discuss how these factors are frequently measured in the data … and industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work links to innovation, and we discuss factors that help …

investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains … effective, the innovation strategy should be simplified, with a drastic reduction in the number of government agencies involved …

We explore whether the introduction of trust based working hours is related to the subsequent innovation performance of … adoption of trust based working hours and innovation seems to be driven by the degree of control and self-management over …

Purpose: Over time, technological intensity has been used as a proxy for innovation capability of firms in an …. Therefore, this study aims to explore a potential association between technological intensity and innovation capability in firms … and the components of innovation capability proposed by Zawislak et al. (2012, 2013). Design/methodology/approach: The …

This paper examines the determinants of innovation and the role of innovation in productivity growth, shifts in market … share and survival in the Canadian manufacturing sector. The paper presents a model that examines the effect of innovation … plant performance both before and after the introduction of an innovation. We find strong evidence that labour productivity …

, innovation, and performance. For that end, a search was carried out in the Web of Science and Scopus databases, and 172 articles … innovation (incremental and radical), and operational and financial performance, and direct and indirect relationships. Based on …

This research aimed to study the relationship between innovation and variables that represent firm performance. Using a … comprehensive database that cross references innovation information gathered by PINTEC (Technological Innovation Research) of IBGE … evaluation of possible relationships between innovation and performance of Brazilian companies was performed. Factorial analysis …

efficient systematic development and innovation at the local level, particularity during a time of economic crisis. The … establishment of Institutes of Local Development and Innovation (ITAK) is primarily geared towards promoting innovative …

efficient systematic development and innovation at the local level, particularity during a time of economic crisis. The … establishment of Institutes of Local Development and Innovation (ITAK) is primarily geared towards promoting innovative …

Inter-departmental innovation collaboration facilitates innovation performance. At the same time, it has been … tests hypotheses on the costs and benefits of innovation-related collaboration within firms. Based on a sample of 433 German … manufacturing firms we show inter-departmental innovation collaboration to increase process innovation performance, but also to …