innovation and technical change is, however, not much studied. The existing work on the effect of immigrants on innovation is … the innovation of the receiving countries, it has much less to say about the general effect of immigrants, or of low …-educated immigrants. In this paper, we make an attempt to partly fill the gap concerning the effects of overall immigration on innovation …

A review of the types of Innovation System identified in the literature points to different models. Besides the very … well-known National, Regional, Local, sectorial, and technological innovation systems, combinations of the previous can be … identified, proposing sub-models such as National Open Innovation Systems, Regional Open Innovation System, as well as Regional …

objective written in the Research, Development and Innovation Strategy 2014 to "reaching until year 2020 the critical mass of … and qualitative human resources in research, development and innovation" (R&D Strategy, 2014). …

use both academic publications and patent data to trace the geographical distribution of related knowledge and innovation …

particular relevance for policymakers designing regional development strategies around innovation issues: is it more important to … focus on attracting creatives through "place investments" so that potentials for innovation are boosted, or to make sure …