China has been characterised by extremely high rates of economic growth for the last several decades. This growth originates from a transformation of the institutional set up giving more room for regional initiative, private ownership and use of market mechanisms. Regional political resources...

This paper explores several features of, and changes in, innovation capacity in Asia. The growth of technology-based industries has been a critically important element of Asian industrial development and has required extensive institutional support for the diffusion of innovation and...

It has become almost trivial to assert that in the knowledge society universities are important institutions. This consensus notwithstanding, questions like in what sense and for whom those institutions are important are far from receiving unanimous answers. Should the major function be to...

Although very dynamic and flexible, Turkish SMEs are less innovative than their European counterparts. The analysis undertaken in this paper allows to assess whether this low level of innovative activities is related to a lack of entrepreneurial behavior and/or to the weaknesses of Turkish...

This paper discusses what kind of national innovation system (NIS) is built up inChina and whether the NIS is helpful for China to catch up. Our researchmethodology is based on the combination of new growth theory with the NIStheory and our involvement in OECD research project about Chinese NIS....

This paper looks at how Norwegian multinational fish farming companies are embedded in the innovation system in Chile. The empirical part is mainly based on interviews with industry representatives in both countries as well as literature and document analyses. There are around 50 Norwegian...

Innovation plays a crucial role in determining today's economic growth patterns. But whatenables some countries to innovate more than others? This study attempts to answer this questionby analyzing in premiere a panel of sixteen Eastern European transition countries. It provides adetailed...

The effective way of development of national economy is defined by leading value of scientific and technical progress and intellectualization of major factors of manufacture. On a share of the new knowledge embodied in technologies, the equipment, formation, the organization of manufacture in...

National governments around the world have embraced national innovation as a key to 21st century economic success. Massive investments in scientific and technological training and infrastructure have been undertaken to underpin a significant shift away from heavy industry to high...