dissemination of innovations in regions via spillover effect (NESTA Business growth and innovation, 2009). Fast-growing companies … may contribute more than 50% to GDP growth (Europe INNOVA Gazelles Innovation Panel, 2008). There are several works, that … exogenous factors (Delmar, Davidsson, Gartner, 2003). In our work we assume that regional innovation performance (as a share of …

Hall point it, as an important instrument for creating a strategy for the development of innovation at the state and … need for countries and regions to specialize as well as focus development of innovation in areas that are consistent with …

Although non-R&D innovation activities account for a significant portion of innovation efforts carried out across very … jointly considering the effects of R&D and the impact of non-R&D innovation activities on the productivity levels of ?firms …

, development and innovation. Smart specialization is an important instrument for creating a strategy for the development of … innovation at the state and regional level as well as for defining and building the knowledge-based economy. This paper presents … specialization is helping to focus development of innovation in areas consistent with their endogenous potentials. The aims of the …

In this paper we empirically analyze the effects of collaboration in innovation with universities on the firm …'s innovative performance. Using data from the Technological Innovation Panel dataset (PITEC for its acronym in Spanish) we have …