Innovative capacity has a decisive and crucial role in determining who is prospering in the global arena. Innovation is … efficiency, its national culture, and its innovation framework. This paper reflects upon the factors that influence national … innovative capacity, based on the European Innovation Scoreboard database. The aim is to reflect and evaluate the factors with …

from isolation peripheral areas. Although, the starting point to promote regional innovation, based on knowledge shared …

'). The more generalized trust is, it is expected that there will be more cooperation. Furthermore strong institutions that … role of institutions; since it is difficult to evaluate the effective contribution of formal institutions to economic … performance. The simple existence of institutions, understood as formal 'rules of the game', does not guarantee that they are …

(in terms of market access to Mediterranean and European countries) and institutions (presence of Mafia-type crime … statistical, economic and political institutions) and were elaborated in order to create specific indices. All together, they …