The innovation value chain (IVC) divides the innovation process into three separate links or activities: knowledge … Ireland and Switzerland. Both economies are small, very open and depend significantly on innovation to maintain competitive … advantage. In recent years, however, R&D and innovation growth in Ireland has been markedly stronger than that in Switzerland …

question we examine empirically refers to the possibility that an economic crisis could affect innovation performance through … associated with ICT-enabled innovation performance. This is the third research question of this paper. Our study is based on firm … decreased due to the crisis. Further, statistically significant negative relationship between ICT-enabled product innovation and …

a shift-share approach with spatial econometric modelling. We provide evidence of the role played by internal innovation …, innovation spillovers and regional policies in shaping the geographical distribution of environmental performance achievements …. -- Environmental Performance ; Technological Innovation ; Regional Spillovers ; Polluting Emissions ; Italian Regions …

. -- Eco-Innovation ; Foreign Ownership ; Networking ; District ; Agglomeration Economics ; Local Production Systems …

significantly inducing innovation within municipal boundaries. Regarding economic performances, firms' productivity is positively …

This paper investigates (a) the determinants of innovation performance and (b) the impact of innovation performance on … Community Innovation Surveys (CIS). The use of a wide spectrum of indicators helps to test the robustness of the specification … of the innovation equation as well as the robustness of the impact of innovation on economic performance. We find a clear …