The discussion paper summarizes the results of a workshop that focussed on the institutional foundations of innovation … and competitiveness in East Asia. The following papers are contained: 'Transitional Institutions, Institutional … in China's Business System', 'Recent Changes to Korea's Innovation Governance', 'Standardization and Institutional …

) hypothesis that environmental regulation can improve firms' competitiveness we distinguish regulation induced and voluntary … are induced by regulations. However, innovation that increases a firm's material or energy efficiency in terms of material … voluntary innovations, although the effect is significantly larger for regulation-driven innovation.We conclude that the Porter …

will bring on a path to sustainability. That is true for economic targets (high profit, high competitiveness, low …

competitiveness, industrial development, innovation and growth. But, although cluster policies have a potential for generating …Nowadays, policy makers in charge of designing innovation policies, especially at the regional level, are more and more … innovation but also owing to a lot of other reasons, clusters are usually considered as key instruments for promoting …

Countries (CEECs) by elucidating the issues such as; the connection between competitiveness and industrial policy, innovation … export competitiveness of CEECs, the concept of export competitiveness, and the role of exports in competitiveness … competitiveness could be improved in these countries. The second step was to examine and differentiate the variety of industrial …

analysis of changes in innovativeness and competitiveness of the V4 economies over a period of 5 years. The Global Innovation … Domestic Product (GDP)) and geo-political ideas. Nowadays, the economic development of every country and its competitiveness on … the world market is supported by the creation of innovation (knowledge-based economy), especially from an Industry 4 …

the United States and Japan, in regards of growth rates, investment rates, R&D and innovation, international trade, etc …, Competitiveness and Employment”, underlining the meaning of the European economy’s competitiveness in the new conditions, and the …, the technological and organizational changes, the increasing role of innovation and entrepreneurship, and the sustainable …

activities, the evaluation of the economic, innovation and knowledge potentials of regions, as well as spatial aspects of …