This article investigates the relation between recombinative capabilities, innovation and alliance strategies for 71 firms in the Information Communication Technologies (ICT) sector, through a panel data analysis. In particular, it explores the impact of two factors on innovation. The first is...

Many eco-innovations have been linked to technical change in the ICT domain. Leveraging the distinctive features of general purpose technologies, ICT have the potential to steer green growth and to help decouple this growth from ecological damage. The paper aims to shed light on innovation...

<Para ID="Par1">The article presents an overview of the evolutionary approach to eco-innovations with particular emphasis on the role of lock-in and path dependence. In doing so, it focuses on the processes of radical change and the transition of technological systems that require the co-evolution of...</para>

The aim of this paper is to highlight the effect of irreversibility in partner choice in inter-firm collaborations. In an environment where firms are binded by contractual constraints regarding the duration of partnerships, how does the tacitness and complexity influence the overall knowledge in...

A short reminder on European Union cohesion policy -- Knowledge cohesion versus knowledge convergence : a concise introduction to epistēmē -- The empirics of knowledge convergence : persistent versus emerging hubs -- Knowledge cohesion in European regions -- Case studies : strategically...

This article reviews two recent handbooks in economics of innovation. It analyses the large empirical evidence summarized and identifies the foundations of the theoretical approach to the economics of innovation of these two publications. We highlight their common research questions and fields...