Th e creation of an innovation ecosystem is becoming an important facilitator of sustainable development of any industry or community. In my article I intend to show the constituent elements of an innovation ecosystem within sustainable development models and suggest how this could be applied to...

In today’s globalizing and hypercompetitive marketplace, knowledge, and learning are the only capabilities that can provide sustained competitive advantage. “Knowledge” is the content of learning and a firm gains competitive superiority either by knowing something that its competitors do...

Science and technology parks (STPs) are very common instruments used by regional and national authorities for regional development. Their main objective is to foster science-based growth poles to stimulate economic diversification away from declining industries. Today, STPs are present in many...

Arts, democracy, and innovation co-evolve. While for the Triple Helix model the existence of a democracy is not necessary for knowledge production and innovation, the Quadruple Helix is here more explicit. The way how the Quadruple Helix is being engineered, designed, and "architected" clearly...

In this paper, we provide a comprehensive review of the literature on demand-driven innovation, using a generic national innovation ecosystem map as a unifying framework. We organize the literature review around four key innovation dimensions and seven related demand-driven processes. Our review...

Purpose - There has been a high rate of failure among the Living Labs in Kenya resulting in the expected outcomes not fully realized. This paper aims to assess the sustainability of Living Labs in Kenya. Design/methodology/approach Based on the four capital method of sustainable development...

During the transitional period at the end of the 20th century, Croatian small composite shipbuilding (SCS) had merely 27 models. Still, at the end of the first decade of the 21st century, this innovative industry showed resilience and readiness to adapt to the new business conditions and created...