innovation system, the learning economy and learning modes to analyse the evolution of the Danish model and what can be learnt …

answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation …

answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation …

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European … Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels …. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance …

answer the question: What is the contribution of entrepreneurs to (i) employment generation and dynamics, (ii) innovation …

data on 170 regions in Europe (NUTS 2 level) for the periods 1991-1995 and 2001-2005. Innovation outcomes are measured by … diffusion of innovation activity, and the spatial selectivity of immigrants' location choices, we take account of spatial …'s restaurants as a novel instrument for immigration. The results confirm that innovation is clearly a function of regio nal …

); * innovation potential, including R&D, information and communication technologies, and institutional environment; * openness and …

discusses some of the interpretative achievements stemming from e.g. the economics of innovation, industrial economics …