in formal institutions-are more important determinants of innovation. This finding reveals the region …This paper investigates the relationship between social capital and innovation in high-performing East Asian economies …. Rapid economic growth and innovation in these economies contradicts the presumed positive link between social trust and …

Cluster policy is recognized as one of the pivotal elements of state-of-art innovation policy. State support for … innovation policy drafting and implementation. Cluster development stimulates trust building and enhances knowledge spillovers … among different organizations in the region. Finally the cluster approach makes innovation policy more systemic by …

The growing importance of innovation in the modern economy has revived the interest of economic sciences in studies on … the mechanisms that govern innovation and its impact on economic development. This growth of interest induced the concept … of the national system of innovation (NSI), which occupies an important place in the innovation policy of all developed …

The main aim of the paper is to assess the innovation gap between the national innovation systems (NIS) of the European … Union (EU) and the average level of innovation of EU economies. The study takes into account NIS identified in the … fields of NIS and the innovation gap is reviewed, the definitions and selected classifications of NIS around the world are …

innovation policy. The theory focuses on the crucial role played by heterogeneous interests in determining innovation policies …, which are one of the keys to the growth process: the economy can be discontinuously innovation-oriented due to the different …

Given the role that innovation plays as an engine for economic development, we examined the enabling factor of … institutions in Africa. Particularly, attention was given to determining the equivalent effects of institutional development on … innovation. A sample of 40 African countries over the period 1996-2012 was employed; and our baseline equation was estimated …

Entrepreneurship and innovation are pivotal for Africa’s economic progress. However, the continent faces a dearth of … exacerbate the innovation deficit. Conversely, Africa shows promise with expanding VC investments, budding fintech sectors that …, intertwining entrepreneurship and innovation in Africa, addressing challenges, and highlighting opportunities and policy …

in formal institutions—are more important determinants of innovation. This finding reveals the region …This paper investigates the relationship between social capital and innovation in high-performing East Asian economies …. Rapid economic growth and innovation in these economies contradicts the presumed positive link between social trust and …

Insights from industrial organization, Schumpeterian innovation, and economic development theories are used to try to …