presented here compare the European and U.S. patterns in this regard. Moreover, Schumpeterian innovation dynamics as well as … energy policy issues receive attention. Considerable differences in innovation dynamics are reported across countries. The … book charts the role of different innovation systems and knowledge societies and highlights different policy approaches …

We analyze the role of imitation and innovation in promoting technological progress in new members of European Union …: the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia. The two modes of technological development-innovation and imitation …-are distinguished from one another by identifying the dominant orientation of innovation efforts at the industry level. Specific …

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