Innovation in technologies that promote mitigation and adaptation will be critical for tackling climate change. It can … innovation have focused on mitigation, while little attention has been paid to innovation for adaptation. This paper uses … agricultural crop biotechnology as a case study of innovative activity. The agricultural sector is considered to be particularly …

-depth qualitative field study reconstructing the founding mechanisms of German biotechnology firms, it demonstrates that localized …

about economic development, competition, and innovation. The world's successful experience with clusters, as is discussed in … this paper, permits an increase in productivity and efficiency, the stimulation and enabling of innovation, and enhanced … competitiveness. Such clusters come to constitute the engine of economic development for the site of the cluster, including the …

Article about alternative interpretations of the concept of "competition" as the adaptive behavior of market … participants. The author substantiates the thesis of the identity of market adaptation and market competition rather than rivalry. …

about economic development, competition, and innovation. The world's successful experience with clusters, as is discussed in … this paper, permits an increase in productivity and efficiency, the stimulation and enabling of innovation, and enhanced … competitiveness. Such clusters come to constitute the engine of economic development for the site of the cluster, including the …

This discussion paper explores aspects of innovation systems ideas in the analysis of mango production and export by … to aspects of integrated technology development and innovation management. …

innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export ratio given the small size of the country and its long-time EU …

The link between proximity and innovation has been dwelled upon extensively in the literature. A regional economic … successful regional innovation system. In this paper it is proposed that the relevant link to be studied is rather that between … accessibility and innovation. Although accessibility is a key factor in facilitating the processes stressed to be important for …

Continuous product and process innovations are prerequisites for sustainable competitiveness of both nations and … regions. How such innovations are created and how successful innovation processes can be initiated are therefore extremely … has been termed regional innovation systems. The actors in the regional innovation systems include customers, producers …

Research on the impact of innovation on regional economic performance in Europe has fundamentally followed three … and efficiency of regional innovation systems; and c) the examination of geographical diffusion of regional knowledge … one model R&D, spillovers, and innovation systems approaches. A multiple regression analysis is conducted for all regions …