the level of competitiveness and innovation. This was a prerequisite for the study to assess the competitive position of … definition of the concept of competitiveness, the competitive position of the advanced technology industry, and the …

proven essential to increasing competition …

competitiveness and economic growth drivers in the European Union and offers a fresh approach of the study on the competitiveness of … competitiveness of high-technology industries in the EU with the aim of uncovering the nature of the main explanatory factors behind … significant location-related drivers for high-tech industries' competitiveness. Overall, industry-related factors are more …

This paper reviews differences between countries in innovation, entrepreneurship, economic development and … competitiveness levels. For this examples of the Baltic Sea region countries and China are used. With the introduction of Lisbon … innovation to catch up with USA and Asia with its fast rising industrial power. While areas as North Eastern Europe and Peoples …

complementary process of capital accumulation, innovation and learning. This economic evolution primarily takes place within the … (local) firm-specific level. Hayek stressed competition as a method to discover procedures in order to solve economic … problems (competition as a discovery procedure). The ability to discover new superior solutions to solve economic problems is …

How do firms in high-income countries adjust to emerging market competition? We estimate how a representative panel of … Canadian firms adjusts innovation activities, business strategies, and exit in response to large increases in Chinese imports …. Whether firms invest in process or product innovation matters: on average, the number of process innovations declines more …

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European … Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels …. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance …

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and economic growth in the European Union. We … identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into economic growth. In an empirical … investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance is conducive to economic …

innovation output and economic growth for regions of the European Union from 1990-2002. Using several measures of social capital … and innovation, and the European Union’s Objective 1, 2 and 5b figures for EU regional support, the estimates suggest that …