, focusing on the relation between institutions and innovation practices and taking into account the diversity of actors …

approach in the research fields of innovation studies and economic geography. Secondly, to propose a broadened interpretation …, regions and time periods and for analytically integrating the cognitive, organizational and spatial dimensions of innovation … knowledge base approach in empirical innovation studies, regardless of industrial, geographical or temporal context. The paper …

This paper deals with institutional conditions in regional innovation systems; how institutions affect the organization … of innovation activities among firms, and in what ways regional policy initiatives can be supportive. The analysis draws … on data on innovation networks and activities in the life science, media, and food industries. The theoretical framework …