trust among people in regions on innovation using two distinct data sets. The first one contains firm-level data and is used … to analyze how trust affects firm-level innovation in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). The second data set is … used to analyze the trust-innovation relationship within regions. It allows us to capture innovation in the form of patents …

Measuring the innovation performance of regions or nations has been repeatedly done in the literature. What is missing … in the literature is a discussion of what innovation performance of a region means. How do regions or nations contribute … really to the innovation output of firms? And how can this contribution be investigated in an empirically sound way? We argue …

Innovation processes consist of interactive learning mechanisms that combine different knowledge sources. Using a set … of 72 exploratory interviews with small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and regional innovation consultants, this … paper analyzes the combination of STI (science-technology -innovation) and DUI (innovation based on learning …

in regional innovation and entrepreneurship that have emerged through the process of S3 development and implementation …European Smart Specialization (S3) policies aim to mobilize innovation and entrepreneurial capabilities and to deliver … mobilization of entrepreneurial and innovation capabilities. Our analysis of the regional innovation and entrepreneurial systems …

, government and civil society together to identify new market opportunities and overcome the potential barriers to innovation …

The global innovation environment is undergoing major changes. Driven by its entrepreneurship policy, China … of entrepreneurship policy on innovation, knowledge on the combination of entrepreneurship policies to improve regional … innovation capability. The results show that these five entrepreneurship policies are sufficient conditions for high regional …