Entrepreneurship involves innovation and uncertainty. We outline a theory of entrepreneurship, which highlights the … importance of social networks in promoting innovation and reducing uncertainty. Our findings suggest that this “social” aspect of …

In this paper we overview a key national program that supports the development of new technology and innovation in … small, entrepreneurial firms. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was established by the Small Business … Innovation Development Act of 1982. We conclude from our years of study of the SBIR program that it is indeed bending the arc of …

of policies for science, technology and innovation (STI) implemented in Mexico in the last decade. From an approach that … in fields related to innovation studies, development economics, policy CTI and technology management …There is growing recognition that innovation plays a key role in enhancing competitiveness and enable emerging …

foster international cooperation in the fields of science, technology, and innovation. In this paper, we look at cases of … Russian-German collaborations to examine the initiatives of the Russian government aimed at stimulating the innovation … recently developed Russian Innovation Strategy 2020 …

This article proposes a model to characterize national innovation systems, and applies it to four outstanding countries … innovation development; and policies that foster, finance and control innovation at the national level. We identify similarities …

upgrading of firms at the bottom with a focus on innovation, as well as, discussed the governance framework of intellectual …

This paper discusses how to improve Canada’s business innovation in order to boost labour productivity and output … growth. Many general framework conditions are highly favourable to business risk-taking and innovation, including macro … should be on boosting manager and worker skills that are intrinsic to all forms of innovation, by filling gaps in training …

liberalisation; strengthening competition in markets for goods and services; education, research and innovation. Progress is also …’éducation, la recherche et l’innovation. Des progrès sont également requis dans d’autres domaines, notamment pour promouvoir des …

Research and Experimental Development (R&D), particularly that which aims at innovation, that is, new social application. Not … confined to novel products or processes, arts and cultural innovation will yield altogether new ways in which arts and culture …