Innovation is an increasingly relevant concept for the success of any organization, but it also represents a set of … internal and external considerations, barriers and challenges to overcome. Along the concept of innovation, new paradigms … emerge such as open innovation and co-creation that are simultaneously innovation modifiers and intensifiers in organizations …

The paper deals with the significant impact of location on innovation activity that has been found in many empirical … of these issues the concept of a regional innovation system is presented in some detail and an overview of results from … recent research on regional innovation systems is given. The paper then discusses basic policy options and names a number of …

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 …

Networks broaden the space for sourcing knowledge and skills for innovation in tourism beyond traditional actors and … relationships between the actors linked via web platform in generating ideas and implementing innovation in tourism. It assesses the … dynamics of web platform evolution towards sectoral innovation eco-system in tourism. Applying case study methodology and …

study shows that these social networks are an essential driver of knowledge integration and innovation. …

In this article we discuss the nature and productivity of informal innovation networks, i.e. informal collaborative … arrangements between organizations engaged in product or process innovation. Such networks can be used in any phase of the … innovation process, but their informal nature makes them especially suited for its fuzzy front end. We explore their potential in …

We investigate factors that determine product innovation in network industries. We develop a demand …-pull-technology-push model of enterprise innovation and find that enterprise innovation depends on firm's specific abilities to extend the … industry. Enterprise innovation increases when consumers value the network development more and when consumers are less …

Southern firms in global innovation networks. A complementary exercise uses global bilateral patent data to investigate the … stimulate Southern innovation. …