Long time series of the IEA and international patent offices offer a huge potential for scientific investigations of the energy innovation process. Thus, this paper deals with a broad literature review on innovation drivers and barriers, and an analysis of the knowledge induced by public...

This paper focuses on the government R&D expenditures and analyses the dynamic reaction patterns of energy R&D in several countries to oil shocks and shows that the oil shocks served as a strong incentive to promote energy R&D. But on the other hand, it suggests the myopic behaviour of...