This paper deals with three issues. First, the conceptual and theoretical development in Lundvall's writing from user-producer relations to the learning economy is discussed with a focus on his main contributions to innovation theory. Second, Lundvall's description of the learning economy is...

The concept of institutions has become increasingly important in the analysis of both social cohesion and economic change. Institutions and Economic Change reflects the shift of perspective from the allocation of scarce resources to the creation, distribution and use of new resources, especially...