data on 170 regions in Europe (NUTS 2 level) for the periods 1991-1995 and 2001-2005. Innovation outcomes are measured by … diffusion of innovation activity, and the spatial selectivity of immigrants' location choices, we take account of spatial …'s restaurants as a novel instrument for immigration. The results confirm that innovation is clearly a function of regio nal …

); * innovation potential, including R&D, information and communication technologies, and institutional environment; * openness and …

discusses some of the interpretative achievements stemming from e.g. the economics of innovation, industrial economics …

As innovation becomes an ever more central issue for the development of firms and world economies, so the need for … capturing relevant aspects of innovation phenomena and the process of industrial change. We propose trademarks as a … complementary indicator in the portfolio of available empirical tools of innovation studies and industrial dynamics. Our empirical …

Higher education contributes to economic innovation. This study measures and compares the extent to which national … higher education performance in education, research and economic innovation, using non-arbitrary weights and eighteen policy …

research would be helpful. Universities can contribute to recreating hope and optimism through more innovation in the economy. …

The literature on R&D contests implicitly assumes that contestants submit their innovation regardless of its value …