expansion. Further study finds that the innovation spillover effect is stronger when the consumer company has a higher switching … consumer is closer. Our paper suggests that the innovation policy effect would be amplified through the supply chain network. …

In his recent discussion of regional innovation systems (RIS), Philip Cooke outlines the two starkly different … interpretations of regional innovation systems. (Regional Innovation Systems, Asymmetric Knowledge and the Legacies of Learning, Draft … 2007). He notes in his review, "Clearly, there are two kinds of regional innovation occurring in these examples. The first …

The advancement of the knowledge frontier is crucial for technological innovation and human progress. Using novel data …

' participation in initial VET and their innovation outcomes. Our results show that the direct effects of initial VET on technological … innovation in small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs) are on average quite weak. If at all, a training firm's initial VET … activities are associated with production innovation activities and not with process innovation. Larger effects can only be …

This paper challenges the key assumption in "idea based growth models" that innovation rents ultimately reward the … bulk of the innovation rents and are generally the residual claimant. We develop a model that separates invention from … innovation where new ideas are a costless spillover from profit motivated corporate R&D aimed at improving existing production …