The study of the determinants of innovation processes has received great attention in both the economics and the … but not mutually exclusive research approaches. This paper contributes to the analysis of the determinants of … technological innovation - namely, product and process innovations - focusing on Italian manufacturing small and medium sized firms …

better suited in explaining the patterns of innovation, technological change, and the growth in very dynamic industries. In … this context, our article reviews the evidence of Luigi Orsenigo’s contribution to the economics of innovation, to the … tradition of history-friendly models, and to the discussion on the sectoral system of innovation. It concludes by pointing at …

. Nevertheless, none of these are yet suitable for universal application on countries different national innovation ecosystems. This … of national innovation models. One of them is the Mission-oriented Innovation model which is designed to generate … a suitability of mission-oriented innovation model, as well as to evaluate whether it is appropriate to be efficiently …