There are many types of econometric models used in predicting the inflation rate, but in this study we used a the paper explores the possibilities of technology development in terms of globalization. In the beginning the characteristics of globalization are analyzed. These questions are looking...

In the last decades, innovation activity has been defined by an increasing complexity and a faster pace of the underlying technological change. Accordingly, several studies have shown that competitive systems of innovation benefit from being able to build upon a wide but integrated spectrum of...

Germany remains Europe's largest and most diversified source of new technology, but still lags in the fastest growing areas of today's high technology. After World War II, West-German technology policy sought to rebuild the institutions which had supported Germany's leadership in the high-tech...

In this paper we introduce an agent-based model with heterogeneous firms which compare their mutual innovation strategies on different network structures. By implementing a dynamic behavioral switching via a fitness mechanism based on agents performance, companies can endogenously modify their...

To tackle the European Union's innovation system weaknesses in the commercialization of the research results, in 2009 the European Commission (EC) has launched an open call for the creation of 2-3 Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs), the operative level of the European Institute of...

The chapter presents an overview of the emerging field of behavioral innovation economics, which is the application of behavioral economic theory and principles to the subject matter of innovation economics (also known as Schumpeterian or evolutionary economics). A behavioral innovation...

Promoting MSME innovation has been one of the priority work programs of APEC. MSME innovation policy in the APEC and member economies such as Vietnam, has focused on promoting venture capital and startup firms in the ICT industry. This study critically examines such a policy approach, and argues...