Economics and innovation scholars have long recognized the potential of public procurement to trigger innovation. To …? This paper addresses these issues by providing a literature survey of research on public procurement of innovation (PPI …: i) Does PPI spur innovation? ii) How should PPI be designed to best spur innovation? iii) What are the main barriers to …

recipients' investment is less sensitive to internal liquidity. -- Research and development ; liquidity constraints ; innovation …

The second larger Estonian R&D and Innovation Strategy ‘Knowledge-based Estonia 2007-2013' is aimed at continuing the …-side innovation policies in helping to advance commercial development and innovation …

innovation. But legal scholars have given short shrift to how these institutions should be coordinated. In this Note, I argue … low cost. I argue that this style of comparative institutional analysis should be part of every innovation scholar …

between public sector innovations and demand-side innovation policies. The purpose of this study is to offer the possible ways … to combine public sector innovations with demand-side innovation policies in Estonia. This would allow building strong …

Abstract: We discuss public procurement instruments for acquiring innovation, focusing on the European Pre …-commercial Procurement, Procurement of Innovative Solutions and Innovation Partnerships. We analyse in particular how firms' innovation … specificity of the innovation; (iii) the presence of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the market and the level of market …

The paper analyzes how geographical clustering of beneficiaries might affect the effectiveness of public innovation … facilitate innovation through knowledge spillovers and other localization advantages. Public innovation support programs may …