Development of regional innovation system (RIS) and its role in regional development is a debated research topic. Most of the theoretical and empirical works are traditionally focused on RIS situated within a national context and applies institutional theory. Recently the application of RIS...

This paper aims at studying the production of innovation in sustainable-new and emerging-technological fields based on patent data for Greece. The analysis relies on the theoretical and empirical arguments of the importance of innovation in growth and on its description and measurement through...

Today's organisations change the focus from the ineffective bureaucratic models to more flexible communities of professional workers such as online communities, virtual self-managing teams, networked organisations, etc. Such extreme challenges require radical solutions and the transformation of...

The paper proposes a five-stage procedure to analyse risk factors of innovation activity. The system of innovation activity factors is determined at the first stage. The second stage identifies the factors that have a negative impact on innovation activity. At the third stage, the data of the...

The principal aim of this paper is to identify a strategic formulation that could suit a social enterprise. Social entrepreneurship involves individuals and groups that create independent organisations in mobilising ideas and resources for addressing social needs. A focus on strategy in this...

There are three tasks for Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS): education, research and development (R%D), and regional development. The focus of this analysis is on student-centred R%D which actualised R%D and regional development, and shared the regional-national R%D capabilities, interests...

It is sometimes argued that nations differ in their underlying entrepreneurial spirit. So, in recent years, more researchers started being interested in the analysis of entrepreneurship across regions. Associated with entrepreneurship comes the concept of innovation. Innovation allows the...