competitive, knowledge based economy, and for involving Russia in the development process. A broad range of innovation policies … innovation. Regional innovation systems are constantly evolving and government must be flexible enough to support learning and … interactions between innovation stakeholders and the ability of firms to find their competitive advantages in global markets. …

This study draws a historical picture of conceptual linkages of innovation systems (IS) and global value chains (GVC … over the past three decades. The first decade witnessed a connection between national innovation systems (NIS) and GVC …, mediated by regional studies related to industrial clusters and district-based innovation. The tradeoff between tacit sticky …