In this paper, we aim at re-assessing the undisputed positive relationship between innovation and economic growth by … questioning the view that R&D (and formal knowledge in general) equates innovation and innovation equates regional growth. We … several knowledge and innovation indicators, ranging from R&D expenditures, patent data, to newly released data on different …

This paper presents conceptual and empirical reasons for moving from a thematically-regionally neutral innovation … policy to a thematically and regionally focused innovation policy, in line with the smart specialization approach of the new … cohesion policy framework. The paper starts by claiming that the pathways towards innovation and modernization are …

local spillovers. In particular, the paradigmatic jump in interpreting regional innovation processes lies in a conceptual … framework interpreting not a single phase of the innovation process, but the different modes of performing the different phases … of the innovation process, highlighting the context conditions (internal and external to the region) that accompany each …

economic activity, multinationality and innovation. The paper identifies the consensus view which is emerging in the literature … they promote innovation. The paper tests whether this relationship is evident in Great Britain using data derived from the … UKís Annual Foreign Direct Investment survey and the UKís Community Innovation Survey 2007. It addresses a surprising gap …

regional innovation systems and international knowledge flow by using trade data on openness. The study distinguishes between …