proposed relies on count data models, uses patents as innovation performance indicators, and exploits original data regarding …The paper focuses on the role of Science Parks (SPs) as seedbeds of innovation. It investigates whether and to what … controlling for the existence of innovation lags. Parks' first mover disadvantages also emerge, as well as non-negligible matching …

technological synthesis within the broader economy. Using data on patents and patent citations obtained from the PATSTAT …In the last decades, innovation activity has been defined by an increasing complexity and a faster pace of the … underlying technological change. Accordingly, several studies have shown that competitive systems of innovation benefit from …

set of opportunities for innovation in agricultural biotechnologies. Moreover, the institutional, regulatory and …

innovation networks in the Eindhoven region in the Netherlands. Previous research showed that these networks contribute to … regional economic development. This paper explores the mechanism through which this happens. Temporary innovation networks may …

concentration upon innovation, focusing on robust findings, questions of interpretation, and the identification of major gaps. We … also consider the more modest literature that considers the effect on innovation of firm characteristics other than size …

This paper examines the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on domestic innovation based on a data set covering … show that there is a negative horizontal spillover effect of FDI on domestic innovation when the intellectual property … on why developing countries should encourage FDI and strengthen the IPR regime together to enhance domestic innovation …

nanomaterials. We analyse European Patent Office data at the German district level (NUTS-3) on applications for nanomaterial patents …Nanomaterials are seen as a key technology for the 21st Century, and much is expected of them in terms of innovation … products. In this context, it seems all the more important for regions to put their own innovation systems in place, and to …

markups, falling labor share and productivity growth. Patents are an important obstacle to knowledge diffusion. We find an … inverse U-shaped relationship between patent strength and growth: moderate levels of patent protection can stimulate growth …

and ecological benefits and responsibilities arising from globalisation, technological change, and innovation. It analyses …

innovation networks in the Eindhoven region in the Netherlands. Previous research showed that these networks contribute to … regional economic development. This paper explores the mechanism through which this happens. Temporary innovation networks may …