research institutions by field of research (budget), amount of university external research funds from private firms, public … adjacent regions. One main finding is that the quality of the university research makes some contribution to regional … innovation while the mere size of the universities is unimportant. Differences in the effect on innovative output can be found …

2005. Research in this new technological field began in a few larger centers and then spread to other regions. In the early … the knowledge in laser technology was particularly high in those regions which have started laser research rather early …

Research suggests that innovation and technological change are crucial for the economic recovery of the former … centrally planned countries in Central and Eastern Europe. This book analyses the development of innovation systems and …. Included in the book are discussions on: * the process of transforming the innovation systems in Central and Eastern Europe * a …