In this paper we discuss the question of what factors in development policy create specific forms of policy capacityand under what circumstances development-oriented complementarities or mismatches between the public and private sectors emerge. We develop the notion of policy capacity into a...

This paper analyses the development of Eastern European innovation systems since the 1990s by looking together at the theoretical and empirical accounts of two discourses that have had a siginificant impact on the development of innovation systems: innovation policy and public administration and...

This paper analyzes the development of Eastern European innovation systems since the 1990s by looking at the theoretical and empirical accounts of two discourses that have had a significant impact on the development of innovation systems: innovation policy and public administration and...

While research and development expenditures are considered a key to productivity growth and development, the question remains whether their contribution could depend on the particular countries' and industries' actual development levels and positions in global value chains. In this paper we...

Although systems of innovation approach is gaining popularity among researchers and policy-makers, it is still rather difficult to apply this approach to specific policy settings and designs, because the approach is too general and does not provide many direct suggestions for building up an...