In this in-depth and detailed study, George Korres analyzes the macroeconomic and the microeconomic factors influencing the economics of innovation and the economic relations between technology, innovation, knowledge and productivity.

1. Knowledge economy and innovation activities : an apporach to definitions and measurement -- 2. Modelling knowledge economy and innovation activities with the context of new growth theory -- 3. Knowledge economy, technical change and productivity growth -- 4. Foreign Direct Investment (FDIs),...

This study basically focuses on the analysis of the net effect of the government R&D support program on the local firms' technology development and its performance. And then it examines whether and how much R&D raises the effects of local firms' technology development and its performance. It...

Scientists and the general public agree that the rural world is characterized by a strong attachment to traditional values, and lacks a sense of initiative, creativity and innovation. This, supposedly, is why the rural world is lagging behind in development. Even if rural people are typically...