. Though concentrating solar power is receiving growing interest, innovation studies so far have explored innovative activity … more activity - a pattern closely resembling the R&D support path. R&D and innovation are concentrated in few high …-tech countries - such as the U.S. or Germany. Large CSP potential is not a sufficient condition for innovation, only developed …

technologies or sectors (inter-sectoral spillovers), or at the international level. We find that innovation is strongly driven by … knowledge spillovers, especially those occurring at the national level. Wind and solar technologies exhibit distinct innovation … only influential in the case of wind technology. We also find evidence that public R&D stimulates innovation, particularly …

We develop a composite indicator measuring the performance of national innovation systems. The indicator takes into … assessment of preconditions for innovation by managers. We apply the methodology to a set of 17 industrialized countries on a …, social capital, trust and science and technology to achieve an assessment of a country's social climate for innovation. After …