, trying to simultaneously foster place-based innovation, R&D internationalization and the internationalization of innovative …

In this paper, we aim at re-assessing the undisputed positive relationship between innovation and economic growth by … questioning the view that R&D (and formal knowledge in general) equates innovation and innovation equates regional growth. We … several knowledge and innovation indicators, ranging from R&D expenditures, patent data, to newly released data on different …

refocus the debate and analyses the economic issues, impacts and implications of the innovation clusters policy. To do this … cooperation. We assume that innovation cluster "potentiates", by a synergistic action, the beneficial effect of each of these …

Searching for externally available knowledge has been characterized as a vital part of the innovation process. The … availability of such innovation impulses, however, critically depends on the environment a firm is operating in. Little is known on … how institutional infrastructures for innovation differ with respect to the munificence in providing innovation impulses …

and maintain an innovation advantage in the same fields over time. Our analysis covers 24 disruptive technologies (e.g. AI … growing innovation advantage over non-pioneer regions. This advantage is most pronounced in "super-cluster" regions, which are … leaders in both science and related innovation. These findings highlight the importance of early scientific leadership for …

the regional growth dynamics of economic, research, innovation and educational activities affect each other …