potentials of further theoretical and empirical research. The focus of these discussions is on patterns of innovation activities …

importance of the interactions and linkages among acteurs and institutions involved in innovation and technology development of a … country and calls such a web of interaction a national innovation system. The theoretical and empirical analyses on national … systems of innovation lead to the conclusion that countries differ in the way in which knowledge flows and that innovation …

Innovation and Institutions is an extensive elaboration on the make up of systems of innovation. It examines why some … countries are more innovative than others, why national styles of innovation differ, and goes on to explore why some countries …