Searching for externally available knowledge has been characterised as a vital part of the innovation process. Previous research has, however, almost exclusively focused on hightechnology environments, largely ignoring the substantial low- and medium-technology sectors of modern economies. We...

The PILOT project comprised partners from nine European countries. The national research teams have conducted a series of case studies on non-research-intensive, so called low-tech companies in eleven countries, investigating their value chains and regional networks, and the policies that impact...

The possible existence of a "fallacy of composition" in the simultaneous pursuit of export-led growth by developing countries has received relatively little attention in economic literature. This lack of attention becomes even more apparent in the domain of empirical studies of manufactured...