outsourcing of R&D activities to contract research organizations and its implications for innovation performance. This paper …

Nanomaterials are seen as a key technology for the 21st Century, and much is expected of them in terms of innovation … products. In this context, it seems all the more important for regions to put their own innovation systems in place, and to … conditions and configurations allow a regional innovation system to be competitive in a cutting-edge technology like …

Research and development (R&D) in the field of nanomaterials is expected to be a major driver of innovation and … firm, regional - or even country-level data. Estimating the effects for the entire national system of innovation, however …