In the last decades, innovation activity has been defined by an increasing complexity and a faster pace of the … underlying technological change. Accordingly, several studies have shown that competitive systems of innovation benefit from …

environment favourable to competition, innovation and technology transfer. For Western Europe, it was increasing trade and …

. Among others, countries like the UK, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Denmark established science and innovation … diplomacy agencies. We comparatively examine three cases: The UK's Science and Innovation Network, the Swiss SWISSNEX, and the … Danish Innovation Centre Denmark. We look for similarities and dissimilarities in terms of organisational setup, locations …