of highly valued products. In so doing, we suggest an innovation policy framework based on two pillars: (i) the … economy. We argue that the latter area has been overlooked in the policy discussion and that a coherent innovation policy …

Global policy discussions increasingly focus on innovation and the knowledge economy as a driver of long-term growth …. In parallel new forms of innovation processes are emerging, notably open innovation and innovation networks stressing the …

knowledge spillovers, as they serve as central actors of innovation networks and stimulate network activities. Whereas the … linkages between network embeddedness and innovation activities have been largely explored, the impact on patent quality in … of respective institutions within innovation networks thereby reinforces the radicalness of inventions. However, we do …

This article describes and assesses the management of innovation environments, such as business incubators and science …, technology, and innovation parks, resulting from university-industry-government (UIG) linkages. It also reviews recent literature …, named “Amaral’s Model for Innovation Environment Management” (AMIEM), was applied to five cases in Brazil. The empirical …

We analyse the relationship between the composition of innovation partnerships and the potential of their innovations … (FP7), the European Union's Research and Innovation funding programme for 2007-2013. Innovation potential is assessed … using a formal framework capturing three different dimensions: innovation readiness, management and market potential. Both …

The existence of a fundamental relationship between invention, innovation, and economic growth, as insisted upon by … and its shortcomings, focusing on implications for innovation policy of the emergence of the globally networked enterprise …

recommendations to motivate innovative action. Innovation is an important prerequisite for the economic development of a country. The … Union in the Innovation Union Scorebard survey of 2011. This may offer partial explanation of the economic difficulties the … Latvian economy is experiencing. Action is needed to increase the level of innovation in the Latvian economy …