objective written in the Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2014 to "reaching until year 2020 the critical mass of … and qualitative human resources in research, development and innovation" (R&D Strategy, 2014). …

territorial component of the national innovation system is still underdeveloped. Moreover, research and development activity might … new hardships on the Romanian innovation system. Following a significant rise in research and development funding prior to … hierarchy. The convergence of the regional R&D and innovation system is as an essential component of successful regional …

entrepreneurial activity in innovation and regional growth within a spatial semi-endogenous growth model in the spirit of Jones (1995 …

perspectives of entrepreneurship and innovation. However, despite many common touching grounds these strands of research are rarely … conceptually intertwined. Research on the role of the academia within the innovation process of knowledge-based economies highlight …, entrepreneurial experience, re-innovation processes etc.) is added by yet others within the network. The presented concept describes …

particular relevance for policymakers designing regional development strategies around innovation issues: is it more important to … focus on attracting creatives through "place investments" so that potentials for innovation are boosted, or to make sure …

In this paper, we aim at re-assessing the undisputed positive relationship between innovation and economic growth by … questioning the view that R&D (and formal knowledge in general) equates innovation and innovation equates regional growth. We … several knowledge and innovation indicators, ranging from R&D expenditures, patent data, to newly released data on different …