. The paper then analyses the innovation activity – including inventive activity by country and technology, international … although innovation activity in water-related technologies has been increasing over the last two decades, this growth has been … disproportionately concentrated on supply-side technologies. Moreover, most innovation worldwide occurs in countries with low or moderate …

Innovation and technological change are central to the quest for regional development. In the globally … cities results from a complex chain that starts with scale, density and geography, which then combines with industrial … structure characterised by its extent of specialisation, competition and diversity, to yield innovation and productivity growth …

Both theory and evidence suggest that innovation shapes output and productivity growth. This report develops a broad … conceptual and empirical framework against which innovation policy issues in New Zealand can be assessed and evaluated. …

relationships between corporate competitiveness strategy, innovation, efficiency, productivity growth and outsourcing to be … of the relationship are discussed. For the empirical analysis we use Swedish firm-level innovation survey data covering …

Innovation and technological change are central to the quest for regional development. In the globally … cities results from a complex chain that starts with scale, density and geography, which then combines with industrial … structure characterised by its extent of specialisation, competition and diversity, to yield innovation and productivity growth …

ICT enables product innovation at the firm level. The empirical approach employs a value-added model, which controls for …

contribution by Aghion (2009), we focus on the role of tertiary education in innovation at the company level using patent …, we make use of the Aghion Index, which measures the quality of tertiary education. Moreover, as innovation is only the …, but also on-the-job training is important for increased company-level invention and innovation. Firms with more on …