This paper will examine the policy actors and imperatives for regional innovation systems. The emphasis is on regional … innovative firms to be competitive in the global economy, they are not the only drivers of the regional innovation process. We ….S.; Shanghai in China; and Bangalore in India. The three regions have emerged as significant technology hubs in the world. Whereas …

between innovation and economic efficiency.Where a patent holder's invention uses an interface with adjacentproducts, the … goods; design changes tomedical devices; and changes in drug formulas. While the patent lawsprovide a spur to innovation by …

ouput innovation, for small and medium enterprises (SME) playing in a local economic system. Given the intangible nature of … many techno organisational innovation and networking strategies, original recent survey data for manufacturing and services … are exploited. The aim is to provide new evidence on the complementarity relationships concerning different networking …

technological capabilities or not. I predict and find that in low complementarity contexts, as technology advances, customer demand …

between innovation activities that were takeninto consideration. The absence of complementarity in the group of studied plants …This study evaluates the hypothesis of complementarity in a case where a firm considers undertaking two types of … possible innovation activities: internal R+D and buying external knowledge. The methodology to evaluate the hypothesis is based …

management is expected to make in the next 12 months (Wery, 2004). “Outsourcing in China can help many companies save money …, but it can be very frustrating if not done right†(Ting, 2004). The perceived benefits of outsourcing production to China … outsource their production to China. The information regarding outsourcing overseas was collected from 22 American firms and 24 …

Der Technologietransfer und die sogenannten technologischen Spillover-Effekte spielen eine große Rolle bei den … eindeutig einen Technologietransfer zum Tochterunternehmen, und bekräftigt das Bild des wachsenden ausländischen Sektors und …

focus of innovation (IP Generation) and IP ownership and licensing (IP Rights). However, further management practice …