be ameliorated by developing public procurement of innovation policies specifically targeting SME promotion. Research … procurement, as a means to stimulate innovation.Design/methodology/approach: By applying a post … innovation projects. Findings: The literature provides ambiguous support for the general claim that SME's should be more …

university system. Regarding innovation-specific policies, budget spending priorities on education and research should be better …Despite some weakening in the 1990s, partly due to sluggish trend growth, the Swiss innovation performance has been … very strong. There are, however, areas in which policy reforms could strengthen innovation further and help Switzerland …

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and economic growth in the European Union. We … identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into economic growth. In an empirical … investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance is conducive to economic …

This research investigates the role of social capital and government intervention in explaining the differences of … innovation output and economic growth for regions of the European Union from 1990-2002. Using several measures of social capital … and innovation, and the European Union’s Objective 1, 2 and 5b figures for EU regional support, the estimates suggest that …

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and economic growth in the European Union. We … identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into economic growth. In an empirical … investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance is conducive to economic …

technologies through global networks of innovation. Should Europe fear the rise of the South or see this global trend as an … to international innovation collaborations has been the main objective of the EU 7th Framework Program project INGINEUS …. The article introduces the notion of global innovation networks and presents the main results and policy options for both …

, the link between institutions and innovation remains a black box. This paper aims to shed light on how institutions shape … innovation. In particular, low quality of government becomes a fundamental barrier for the innovative capacity of the periphery … of the EU, strongly undermining any potential effect of any other measures aimed at promoting greater innovation. The …