This study explores the impact of social capital on innovation by constructing a more general measure of social capital … that social capital has a positive impact on innovation at the national level. After controlling for R&D expenditure and … human capital there is a positive relationship between social capital and innovation. Social capital interacts with …

Many writers have claimed that R&D has two 'faces'. In addition to the conventional role of stimulating innovation, R … important in this catch up process as well as stimulating innovation directly. Trade, by contrast, plays a more modest role in …

Knowledge triggers regional growth. Evidence suggests that skilled labour force concentrates in islands of innovation … increasing returns to knowledge, favouring the emergence of islands of innovation; regions with a high endowment of cognitive …

source of innovative activities within companies. Broken down by sectoral innovation patterns, this article examines the role … of formal education and actual occupation for product innovation performance in manufacturing firms within a probit model … to the Pavitt classification. Sectors with a high share of highly skilled employees engage in product innovation above …

); * innovation potential, including R&D, information and communication technologies, and institutional environment; * openness and …

Regionen hängen in hohem Maße von ihrer Ausstattung mit Humankapital ab. Die hier präsentierten Daten zur regionalen Verteilung … von Humankapital innerhalb der EU-Mitgliedsländer zeigen einen deutlichen Zusammenhang zwischen der … zeichnen sich durch hohe Humankapital- und Einkommensniveaus aus. …