assets for regional competitiveness and innovation. In recent years, these kinds of assets are being more considered in … paper we discuss the role of environmental resources in regional innovation policies. We begin by relating environmental … resources in regional development. Next we deal with the relationship between regional competitive advantages and innovation …

research uses the concept of issue-based net to open new avenues to understand collective action in the context of innovation … activities, specifically by analyzing a case study of an innovation-based net in the automotive industry. Two main objectives are … focuses on how issue-based nets emerge and evolve in situations of innovation, specifically, what kind of structure and …

technological innovation, and to adopt and to implement efficiently technology from abroad. However, the role of human capital as a …

The concept of Regional Innovation System (RIS) builds upon an integrated perspective of innovation, acknowledging the … Parks in the building up of a Regional Innovation System, promoting the technological intensification of the economy, a more … innovation capability. We further stress the importance of science parks in signaling capabilities and hence attracting R …

between human capital and innovation capability. These estimates seem to confirm that human capital and indigenous innovation … human capital, through innovation, emerges here as critical, showing that a reasonably higher stock of human capital is … important to enable a country to reap the benefits of its innovation indigenous efforts. …

The present paper takes a geometric approach to characterize the competitive forces behind innovation and dynamic …

knowledge building as the main driver for competitiveness and innovation. This re-orientation poses different challenges to … regions and RIS concept may be the central element, simultaneously goal and toolbox, for devising innovation promotion … policies. The RIS framework stresses the need to combine a systemic and inclusive view of innovation along with territorially …