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 …

It has been shown that firms tend to develop different modes of innovation triggered by the relationship between … innovation; second, relating them to firms' innovative and economic performance; and, analyzing the relationship between the … different innovation modes and the economic impact of the crisis on the firms' performance. These hypotheses are tested by …

activities associated with the development of its innovation process. Innovation is a highly complex process, very contingent and … onerously demanding. With innovation as a key source of high economic performance, it is important to understand to what extent … the current economic crisis is to constrain the innovation of firms and thus, the process of wealth creation. The main …