Innovation processes consist of interactive learning mechanisms that combine different knowledge sources. Using a set …-by-doing, -using and -interacting) modes of innovation. We show that SMEs integrate STI-based knowledge into DUI-routines through … absorb STI-based knowledge. Based on our empirical findings, we derive implications for innovation policy with regards to …

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 …

of entrepreneurship policy on innovation, knowledge on the combination of entrepreneurship policies to improve regional …The global innovation environment is undergoing major changes. Driven by its entrepreneurship policy, China …'s innovation level has gradually improved, but the regional gap remains large. As previous studies mainly focused on the net impact …

rural regional innovation systems (RIS) in Germany. These firms are analyzed in relation to their integration into a RIS … framework, which differentiates two subsystems: knowledge generation and diffusion, and knowledge application and exploitation …