Purpose – This paper aims to examine issues of government policy in creating an infrastructure that supports innovation and expertise. Design/methodology/approach – The approach is to reflect on trends in global trade and the role played by governments in supporting such trade. Findings –...

Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the dissemination of high‐involvement innovation practices at Finnish workplaces and to consider how their adoption can be promoted by means of a publicly‐funded R&D programme. Design/methodology/approach – The empirical material is based on a survey...

Purpose – This study sets out to describe activities within The Netherlands Centre for Social Innovation, one of the earliest national bodies to promote and develop the concept of social innovation. Design/methodology/approach – The paper describes the concept of social innovation and then...

Purpose – This paper aims to examine issues surrounding the competitiveness of the Visegrad countries that have recently joined the European Union, and in particular, to analyse a set of structural indicators that help assess the degree to which they are meeting the terms of the Lisbon...