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 …

machinery industry. Nothing has received as much attention as innovation, which has been pinpointed as the fundamental driving … force for economic growth and welfare as well as a key factor in competitiveness. Therefore, innovation growth is seen as a … mechanism to influence economic growth, and therefore firms capable of increasing their innovation potential benefit from …

combine finance as well as innovation management and economics literature to develop this argument. We test our theoretical …

The paper deals with the problem of business spending on research and development and their relation to innovation … activities. It is focused on R&D in the business sector as a crucial part of the innovation system. R&D expenditure can be seen … as the main precondition of successful innovation. However, the successful transformation of R&D investment into …

strategy, an efficient supply chain management system, and continuous innovation. The case of Walmart is used to consolidate … today. Findings: The results indicate that strategy, supply chain management, and innovation play an important role in …, streamlined supply chain management by constructing communication and relationship networks with suppliers, and routine innovation …

In the semantic architecture of the society of the knowledge the innovation concept is the fundamental brick. It is an … technological innovation, in the European Union research laboratory, and in the Andalusian government organ dedicated to the … innovation, science and business. In the university, and the public research institutes area the main point is research. Three …

This paper analyzes the role of regional characteristics on innovation persistency among firms. Using five waves of the … Community Innovation Survey in Sweden, we have traced the innovative behavior of firms over a ten-year period, i.e. between 2002 …