occupations are also a fundamental, but overlooked, driver of innovation. Theory also suggests cities are important for both … the links between creative industries, occupations, cities and innovation at the firm level. This paper addresses this gap … using a sample of over 9,000 UK SMEs. Our results stress that creative industries firms are more likely to introduce …

concentration and innovation. This paper addresses this gap with an analysis of around 1,300 UK SMEs. The results suggest that firms …

Over the past 20 years, the innovation system approach has significantly enhanced our understanding of the innovation … process, stressing its non-linear, systemic, interactive and evolutionary character. The notion of regional innovation systems … explaining regional differences in innovation capacity. RISs can be conceptualised as the set of firms, organisations and …

high investments in the areas of innovation and ICT infrastructures. This paper is based on the field work and on the … concerning mainly to technological innovation, neglecting other strategic political areas, such as the policies of governance and … state re-territorialization, the concept of innovation and social innovation, the role of democracy and citizenship and …

The interpretation and measurement of the innovation performance of territorial units represent well established … innovation performance is judged (considered to be effective or desirable). Innovation is certainly a spatial phenomenon. In … and neglected. The innovation performance of a territorial unit can be interpreted as the effectiveness of the system of …

, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka – in a diverse subcontinent of Asia, is going through the process of … structural adjustment programmes. Without proper trading infrastructure, no country or economic bloc can succeed in the new … over other regional blocs. This paper tries to find out the role played by infrastructure facilities in economic …

Modern infrastructure, particularly electricity, is critical to economic development. South Asia, with inefficient and … yield far higher returns than generation investment, where India and Pakistan under-price and exceed predicted levels of …

Higher education contributes to economic innovation. This study measures and compares the extent to which national …' for higher education institutions, or in other words provide them with appropriate resources and regulatory environments … higher education performance in education, research and economic innovation, using non-arbitrary weights and eighteen policy …