This paper analyses how the internal resources of small- and medium-sized enterprises determine access (<italic>learning processes</italic>) to technology centres (TCs) or industrial research institutes (<italic>innovation infrastructure</italic>) in traditional low-tech clusters. These interactions basically represent traded...

Knowledge of how customers co-create value, the way that suppliers and providers co-produce services, and how research and development centers and universities transfer technologies is becoming increasingly important to scholars' understanding of service innovation. This paper presents an...

This paper will try to contribute to the understanding of public programs supporting high technology diffusion and transference. The framework utilised will combine the theory of technology and innovation diffusion and the use of value mapping methodology. The article provides empirical evidence...

The analysis of the structural changes in the Spanish economy (1950-1960) has been undertaken using Schumpeterian models of innovation. As patent information plays an important role in technological development, this study has been based on the availability of a newly released data from the...

At present, governments are embarking on the ambitious undertaking of increasing their countries׳ market share of renewable energy. Political ambitions, however, are just one of the driving forces for energy companies׳ to engage in innovative climate projects. Energy companies׳ perceptions of...

In some countries, photovoltaic (PV) technology is at a stage of development at which it can compete with conventional electricity sources in terms of electricity generation costs, i.e., grid parity. A case in point is Germany, where the PV market has reached a mature stage, the policy support...

The aim of the paper is to contribute to a better knowledge of the existing relationship between the incorporation of technology and the industrial take-off, based on the case study of the sectoral dynamism of the Spanish industry during its period of highest development. The main hypothesis is...