economies and, in light of the predictions of endogenous growth models, suggests that technological innovation is the only way … of innovation policies by studying a broad set of Science and Technology (S&T) indicators for the BICs, trying in this …

relationship between country innovation and country connectivity. Regressions are undertaken employing three different measures of … innovation, using connectivity as the sole explanatory variable, and using connectivity adjusting for other variables. The … greater innovation within these countries. Regardless of the measure used to capture innovation, connectivity is found to be …

The paper surveys the literature on the measurement of innovation activity and evaluates the position of Italy with … respect to the other major European countries. Innovation has been measured from different perspectives: the environment in … which firms operate, firms' commitment, its outcome. Both traditional and new measures of innovation are considered, using …