The article presents the main challenges faced by innovative SMEs in Romania at present, and a series of possible solutions concerning the financing of innovative companies Several elements which may develop into a support for a "Green Card" on the financing of innovative companies are also...

For more than two decades cluster policies have emerged as a central focus for decision-makers trying to instigate territorial development. The benefits, especially in terms of collective learning, knowledge sharing and other types of agglomeration economies and spill-over effects, are well...

This paper begins with a brief look at the literature on national innovation systems (NIS). Building on the NIS approach, we present a simple conceptual framework. National innovative competence is dependent on the presence of dynamic STI actors, operating within the confines of compatible...