innovation networks in the Eindhoven region in the Netherlands. Previous research showed that these networks contribute to … regional economic development. This paper explores the mechanism through which this happens. Temporary innovation networks may …

Although non-R&D innovation activities account for a significant portion of innovation efforts carried out across very … jointly considering the effects of R&D and the impact of non-R&D innovation activities on the productivity levels of ?firms …

Innovation is crucial to regional economic competitiveness and to productivity growth. A salient feature of the Indian … economy is the geographic concentration of both, economic activity and innovation, as measured by patent activity. Theoretical … turn drives innovation. The literature also posits that the presence of human capital is critical to the generation of new …

, development and innovation. Smart specialization is an important instrument for creating a strategy for the development of … innovation at the state and regional level as well as for defining and building the knowledge-based economy. This paper presents … specialization is helping to focus development of innovation in areas consistent with their endogenous potentials. The aims of the …

The increasing openness of economies and the phenomenon of globalization has led to know-how and innovation becoming … innovative means that the construction of innovation is channeled through the social sphere, attributing an increasingly … generation of innovation at the firm levels. Internationalization and interaction for SMEs represent action strategies in an …

objective written in the Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2014 to "reaching until year 2020 the critical mass of … and qualitative human resources in research, development and innovation" (R&D Strategy, 2014). …