regional innovation systems and international knowledge flow by using trade data on openness. The study distinguishes between …

academic research is positively correlated with firms' innovation at the geographical level. There are two reasons that are …

. Adopting new production technologies and realizing synergy effects might allow cost reduction, product innovation and product … upgrading. Even if GVCs represent a rich environment for innovation activities, the extent to which knowledge is created and … heterogeneous innovation capacities for the firms involved. Differences in the forms of governance underlying buyer …

) evolutionary approach of industrial processes and changes that are embedded in the systems of innovation approach. The aim of this …