This paper analyzes the development of Eastern European innovation systems since the 1990s by looking at the theoretical and empirical accounts of two discourses that have had a significant impact on the development of innovation systems: innovation policy and public administration and...

Most Eastern European policymakers acted as if they had been completely taken by surprise when the global financial crisis hit them in late 2008. This paper argues that the partially enormous imbalances, particularly in the Baltic economies, were, however, visible far and beyond. The foreign...