The paper aims to investigate regional participation in a new Portuguese Research and Innovation (R&I) programme (so …

The paper aims to investigate regional participation in a new Portuguese Research and Innovation (R&I) programme (so …

This paper aims to identify the barriers to innovation that influence the innovation capability of Portuguese … industrial firms. The literature review about innovation makes use of two references approaches: (i) the systemic; and (ii) the … networks and inter-organizational relationships. The database is obtained through the Community Innovation Survey II (CIS II …

technologies (ICTs) by public administrations across the EU. Portugal has been strategically involved in a catching-up process with … high investments in the areas of innovation and ICT infrastructures. This paper is based on the field work and on the … concerning mainly to technological innovation, neglecting other strategic political areas, such as the policies of governance and …

Regional innovation policies are currently influenced by a series of territorial innovation models, with the regional … innovation system (RIS) approach being one of the prominent examples. The rationale of smart specialization strategies (S3s) is … Portuguese case, highlights relevant aspects for understanding the institutionalization of regional innovation and the role …

benefits for competitiveness. Leveraging archival data (about the history of Portugal and the technologies); insights from 45 … institutional instability in Portugal affected the adoption of Polymer Additive Manufacturing (PAM) and Metal Additive Manufacturing … (MAM) differently. In both cases, Portugal invested in the technology relatively early. While PAM has been widely adopted …

services are highly valuated by consumers and the TIF can increase the rate of innovation in the economy as a whole. Thus, the …&D projects are sponsored by public authorities as an effort to link universities to industrial innovation. This investigation … use for TIF innovation activities?; 2) How relevant are universities for the location decisions of TIF?; Is TIF’s human …