In this paper, we aim at re-assessing the undisputed positive relationship between innovation and economic growth by … questioning the view that R&D (and formal knowledge in general) equates innovation and innovation equates regional growth. We … several knowledge and innovation indicators, ranging from R&D expenditures, patent data, to newly released data on different …

refocus the debate and analyses the economic issues, impacts and implications of the innovation clusters policy. To do this … cooperation. We assume that innovation cluster "potentiates", by a synergistic action, the beneficial effect of each of these …

South Australia is a small economy that faces a fundamental need to re-shape its approach to innovation. The … necessitates a re-think about how innovation happens and how the respective actors within an economy interact and engage with each … other. In effect, innovation relies on intersections between people, knowledge, information sharing, ideas, financial and …