and relation with networks/clusters/associations. The chapter presents main motivators perceived on energy efficiency … searching a new place on the changing market, SMEs access energy efficiency clusters to be more environmentally friendly and to … initiatives and joining energy clusters by Polish SMEs based on the results of the survey conducted in Poland in December 2017 and …

applied in setting up a governance and development model for the activity in the city of Salvador, Bahia. Third leisure … to not having a governance system capable of establishing clear objectives and strategies for the destination. Starting … implementing local governance systems will also be unevenly distributed. Trade relations, as well as all network relationships are …

This paper addresses the question whether innovation is within reach for small enterprises in developing economies by … starts with reviewing definitions of innovation since Schumpeter. It concludes that newness, value creation and process are … time and again considered as the key-elements of innovation. Innovation, hence, may be summarized as the process of …

innovation but also owing to a lot of other reasons, clusters are usually considered as key instruments for promoting …Nowadays, policy makers in charge of designing innovation policies, especially at the regional level, are more and more … adopting the cluster approach either with a view to accelerate the existing clusters or for providing the basis for the …

In the last decades, innovation activity has been defined by an increasing complexity and a faster pace of the … underlying technological change. Accordingly, several studies have shown that competitive systems of innovation benefit from …

Countries (CEECs) by elucidating the issues such as; the connection between competitiveness and industrial policy, innovation … technological development. The third step was an assessment of CEECs innovation and R&D policies, and their linkages with …

networks, a detailed picture of the photovoltaic industry innovation and its constituent regional clusters is constructed. This … in regional clusters. This challenge is even greater for its critically important innovation activities, including … photovoltaic clusters' innovation growth pattern, in so far as they can be revealed by bibliometric indicators. In order to select …

Cluster policy is recognized as one of the pivotal elements of state-of-art innovation policy. State support for … clusters helps to take into account regional peculiarities and engage the most innovative local actors into the process of … innovation policy drafting and implementation. Cluster development stimulates trust building and enhances knowledge spillovers …