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 …

of economic growth for 257 regions in the 27 member countries of the European Union. We first decompose the regional …, bohemians and non creative graduates) which are simultaneously included in a spatial model as determinants of regional growth …, we provide robust evidence on the growth enhancing effects of graduates, in particular for those of the creative category. …

innovation efficiency process. The influence of the potential and realized absorptive capacity on new products is significant and … interesting to extend the research to another innovation metrics as new organizational methods, new processes, new designs or new … decision for the firm's innovation. Companies must be conscious that while suppliers and customers' cooperation are relevant …