Purpose: Regional development must heavily rely on innovation in order to be competitive and improve the standard of … living of its citizens. However, regional policies regarding innovation is often limited by decelerated decision making … order to continuously evaluate the progress of regions and assess different innovation indicators in shorter periods, a …

of different innovation systems and knowledge societies and highlights different policy approaches …

accelerated by the forces of globalization. These transition economies can serve as laboratories for understanding the innovation … innovation system development in the context of small catching-up economies. Smallness, path dependency, and latecomer status of … such economies create some inherent limitations for their innovation systems, but these special characteristics can offer …