conceptual problems shedding new light on the evolutionary theory. This convergence between the Systems of Innovation Approach … have the development of the Systems of Innovation Approach as a common objective. This multidisciplinary approach proposes … new foundations in order to build a global theory of technological change. In this perspective, the authors examine some …

Patterned innovation dynamics - investment-mix shifts and inter-organizational alliances -are examined for their roles … telecom equipment suppliers. Comparative analyses suggest that such innovation investment strategies have been of less benefit … to telecom firms than to producers in nearly any other major manufacturing sector. Trends in organizational innovation in …

This article examines the effects of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection on growth and convergence. Firms in … a country undertake both innovation and imitation to improve their productivity. IPR protection reduces the cost of … innovation, but makes imitation more costly. Countries at early stages of growth adopt a strategy of high effort on imitation …

decreasing production-cost technologies. Innovation and imitation processes are modelled as activities requiring different …

research questions and in the development of analytical work in policy oriented innovation studies. Despite the fact that … Evolutionary and Innovation Studies theories have offered new ways of incorporating policy, little explicitness in this regard has … framework for the design and implementation of innovation policies. …