detailed review of secondary sources. It provides the background for a study of the determinants of innovation reported …

ageing and immigration on aspects of regional competitiveness such as innovation, entrepreneurship and productivity …

This paper investigates how different dimensions of social capital influence innovation output. The novelty of the … innovation. Unlike many previous studies, this one uses the structural equation modelling approach instead of regression analysis … in order to take into account the relationships between the factors of innovation. Regional-level data from Eurostat …

This paper investigates how different dimensions of social capital and institutional quality are related to innovation … study complements the previous studies by analysing smaller sample, but including more indicators of innovation. Data for 29 … innovation activity and utilisation of innovations. Next, the social capital and institutional quality are considered as possible …

There is growing interest in modelling the relationship between innovation and productivity in developing and … investigates whether there is a signi¬ficant relationship between technological innovation and pro¬ductivity in the manufacturing … sector of Estonia. We use firm-level data for the analysis from two waves of Community Innovation Surveys (CIS3 and CIS4 …

Culture is deemed to be a crucial basis for innovation in various respects. The aim of this paper is to explore the … relationships between different cultural dimensions introduced by Hofstede (2001) and the capability of initiating innovation …

out in May/June 2007 among Lower Saxon businesses. The paper discusses the eventual effects of subsidies for innovation by … exist between subsidised and non-subsidised businesses, implying that programs for subsidies for innovation are only …

industry innovation is important, not only because advertising can spur R&D by spreading product knowledge, but also because … can result in local improvements in industry innovation rates. Globally, however, a complete ban on advertising always …