The building and construction sector is one of the five largest contributors to the Australian economy and is a key performance component in the economy of many other jurisdictions. However, the ongoing viability of this sector is increasingly reliant on its ability to foster and transfer...

The dynamics of national innovation systems (NISs) are a source of considerable academic and policy interest, especially when to address new competitive challenges they involve changing institutions and relationships within successful systems. This paper examines the case of Taiwan which is...

Nanotechnology is regarded as the key technology for the 21st century, affecting almostevery aspect of the economy. It has a great potential to stimulate various industries throughthe advancement of science and technology. Considering that the nanotechnology involvesseveral areas of knowledge,...

It is increasingly understood that learning and thus innovation often occurs via highly interactive, iterative, network-based processes. Simultaneously, economic development policy is increasingly focused on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as a means of generating growth, creating a...

?Innovationslogik und regionales Wirtschaftswachstum ? Theorie und Empirie autopoietischer Innovationsdynamik? Obwohl neuere wachstumstheoretische Ans?tze durchg?ngig die Bedeutung von Innovationen f?r wirtschaftliche Entwicklung betonen und sich dabei in selten zu findender Eintracht auf die...