based theory offirm. In general, such a theory might beadvanced through investigating complementarycoordination mechanisms …

coordinating informal knowledge sharing in a formal context involves a management dilemma thereby contributing to theory on …

coordinating informal knowledge sharing in a formal context involves a management dilemma thereby contributing to theory on …

Public procurement of innovation (PPI) has recently gained a renewed impetus and interest in most OECD countries as … general literature on innovation policy in order to identify the various theoretical justifications of PPI instruments and to …

Public procurement can be a major source of innovation. The potential benefits of public procurement might be fully … foresight for enhancing public procurement and innovation policy at the regional level. …

According to the Lisbon Strategy innovation is considered to be a fundamental element for socio-economic growth in the …

innovation. Public procurement is seen as an instrument able to fill in the gaps in the existing innovation policy-mix, thus …

The increased interest in using public procurement as a policy tool for innovation has renewed a need for understanding … these while concluding the terms of procurement projects. Consequently, future policy efforts towards increased innovation … have to be targeting the process of public procurement of innovation, rather than focusing on regulatory issues. …

, because they can deal properly with innovation processes, technological change, path-dependence and knowledge. But in order to …

' preferences. Through this permanent process of variation and selection of hypotheses (innovation / imitation) a process of … periods which consist of an innovation and an imitation phase are simulated. We presume that decentrality is crucial for the …