Department for Human Capital and Innovation. It was completed in June 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of …

In light of its importance of innovation on the political agenda it is necessary to provide guidance to decision makers … how innovation can effectively be fostered in practice and to disentangle and evaluate the effects of the determinants … suggested by the literature. This thesis focuses on the causal evaluation of three determinants of innovation that can all be …

"Innovation is a beautiful thing. It is a force with both aesthetic and pragmatic appeal: It unleashes our creative … engines of innovation in the Western world, innovation provides both exceptional opportunities and steep challenges. While … innovation is a powerful means of competitive differentiation, enabling firms to penetrate new markets and achieve higher margins …