Innovation policy is in need for a rational which allows the design and evaluation of policy instruments. In economic policy traditionally the focus is on market failures and efficiency measures are used to decide whether policy should intervene and which instrument should be applied. In...

An agent-based simulation model representing a theory of the dynamic processes involved in innovation in modern knowledge-based industries is described. The agent-based approach allows the representation of heterogeneous agents that have individual and varying stocks of knowledge. The simulation...

pt. I. Measuring the future orientation and innovativeness of economies -- pt. II. Knowledge migration, diaspora networks and commuting entrepreneurs -- pt. III. International innovation networks : the Germany-Turkey nexus.