The paper contributes to the debate on how to measure regions' innovation performance. On the basis of the concept of … regional innovation efficiency, we propose a new measure that eases the issue of choosing between industry-specific or global … measures. We argue for the use of a robust shared-input DEA-model to estimate regions' innovation efficiency in a global manner …

the regional growth dynamics of economic, research, innovation and educational activities affect each other …

In the literature there is a controversy about the relevance of the spatial dimension in innovation collaboration. We … innovation projects. To this end, we introduce a social-psychological approach to the field of economic geography. The empirical … part is a longitudinal study of 49 inter-organisational innovation groups in Germany. We find that the share of regional …

The paper presents the methodology of Innovation Biographies that has been designed to study the time-space dynamics of … knowledge and ways of knowledge combination in innovation processes. Innovation Biographies allow capturing relationships … following the process of creation with specific interviewing methods and triangulation, the biography of an innovation is …

The paper focuses on the territorial shaping of knowledge dynamics as one of the driving forces for innovation … ongoing restructuring of global value chains and the changes in the organization of innovation 'combinatorial knowledge … dynamics' gain a more prominent role in innovation. Firms are facing an increasing need to combine heterogeneous knowledge …

The paper examines the impact of immigration on innovation. We exploit an immigrant placement policy which took place …

The history of social innovation in country, challenges being addressed by social innovation. the key actors, who is … promoting social innovation. A few of the key projects that illustrate social innovation. …

This study aims to analyze inter-stakeholders' interactions, destination governance, reverse innovation and the tasks … this investigation is that this study is the first attempt that links up reverse innovation and stakeholder approach as a …