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 …

representative micro dataset derived from pooling two waves of Community Innovation Survey in the Czech Republic, we quantitatively … innovation milieu, significantly boost the innovativeness of firms operating in that region, while several aspects of … differences mediate impact of firm-level predictors, namely the age of firms. Younger firms benefit from the innovation milieu …

There is a rich debate in the innovation literature about to what extent innovation has become an international (or … knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) to regional innovation has emerged. Most of these papers adopt a national …-intensive services (KIS) in the European regions. For so doing we employ the data provided by the Regional Innovation Scoreboard (RIS …

This paper draws on a sample of innovative Catalan firms to identify the effects of the two main sources of innovation … regression techniques. Our results suggest the different patterns attributable to the two sources of innovation as we move up …

knowledge base complexity and the international geography of innovation with particular emphasis on understanding catch … empirical results also offer some theoretical insights about the dynamics of geographical patterns of innovation. In the last …

Firms in information and communication (ICT) sector are often considered as an important element of business innovation … performance in the economy. This paper is focused on examining their share on innovation and total research and development (R … apparent labour productivity in the ICT sector. This fact could be to some extent attributed to the innovation of products and …

This study examines preceding factors of user innovation behavior using a case of smartphone applications … toexamineindirect and direct effects of consumer attitude on user innovation. Specifically, this study focuses ontwo aspects of the user … innovation evaluation:quality and quantity. Quality of user innovation in particular has the potentialtocontribute tothe …