the knowledge in laser technology was particularly high in those regions which have started laser research rather early …. There is also no significant effect of regional knowledge in the field of laser technology on the number of regional laser …

obstacles and consequences. For the purpose of this paper, innovation has served as a major contributor for the previously … and explores those innovation determinants that have been detected by region. The analysis defines a set of regionalized … firms' behavioural patterns towards innovation. Methodologically, the Logistic Biplot is applied to an extended sample of …

and Portugal. The trans-border area is described and analyzed comparing the region of Algarve, in Portugal and the region …

discusses some of the major aspects of contemporary industrial organization requirements imposing process innovation along the … context of competition where innovation, segmentation and product differentiation are more important factors for the … example, highly qualified managers, able to adapt to continuous innovation. It was also observed that, for the whole …

and in knowledge-intensive service industries make a larger direct contribution to employment than start-ups affiliated to … other industries. We also find a relatively strong overall effect of new business formation in knowledge-intensive service …