also why history matters to regional specialisation patterns. In brief, it seems that innovation clusters as a distinctive … regional entity in international business and the geography of innovation are of increasing importance in STI policy …, innovation systems and competitiveness studies. Recently, more and more research has contributed to an evolutionary perspective …

technologies or sectors (inter-sectoral spillovers), or at the international level. We find that innovation is strongly driven by … knowledge spillovers, especially those occurring at the national level. Wind and solar technologies exhibit distinct innovation … only influential in the case of wind technology. We also find evidence that public R&D stimulates innovation, particularly …