In light of its importance of innovation on the political agenda it is necessary to provide guidance to decision makers … how innovation can effectively be fostered in practice and to disentangle and evaluate the effects of the determinants … suggested by the literature. This thesis focuses on the causal evaluation of three determinants of innovation that can all be …

"This book highlights the concepts of technology financing, technology and innovation management, technology … investments and commercialization. It relies on three main approaches: National Innovation Systems (NIS), the Triple Helix Model … II is devoted to some successful case studies in the developed world, namely Silicon Valley and Boston Route 128, Canada …