machinery industry. Nothing has received as much attention as innovation, which has been pinpointed as the fundamental driving … force for economic growth and welfare as well as a key factor in competitiveness. Therefore, innovation growth is seen as a … mechanism to influence economic growth, and therefore firms capable of increasing their innovation potential benefit from …

innovation networks in the Eindhoven region in the Netherlands. Previous research showed that these networks contribute to … regional economic development. This paper explores the mechanism through which this happens. Temporary innovation networks may …

This paper analyzes the role of regional characteristics on innovation persistency among firms. Using five waves of the … Community Innovation Survey in Sweden, we have traced the innovative behavior of firms over a ten-year period, i.e. between 2002 …

Open innovation is key for innovators responding to major problems in the world, including energy, healthcare, water …-off companies as a channel of market introduction of new technology and responsible innovation. Although rich in technological … capital, reason why they need to limit their efforts in active participation in open innovation networks. The paper starts …

Innovation is crucial to regional economic competitiveness and to productivity growth. A salient feature of the Indian … economy is the geographic concentration of both, economic activity and innovation, as measured by patent activity. Theoretical … turn drives innovation. The literature also posits that the presence of human capital is critical to the generation of new …

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 …

, 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 …