The Italian industrial district model is changing, notably in two fundamental aspects. On the one hand, the growing appropriability of innovation calls into question the innovation-imitation mechanism typical of the district-based competitive dynamic, introducing idiosyncratic factors the fruits...

Cooling is an important area for which there is a rapidly increasing demand, but it accounts for a sizeable portion of electricity consumption and generates negative environmental externalities. Technological change directed towards environmental sustainability is essential for cooling to play a...

'Internet' and 'e-business' are words that have become part of today's business world. Invariably we hear of the effect thereof on the way we used to do things, due to the shift in paradigm from command and control to a more open globalised, multi-polar world. Traditional ways of doing business...

This research, which was made within the category of a multiple case study, has as an objectiveto contribute to the understanding of the processes that explain the Management ofTechnological Innovation (MTI) in small and medium enterprises (SME's) with lowinvestment in research and development...

Back in early 1990's developed countries have started to use systematic stimulations of their economies technological development, which resulted in issuance of variety of national, regional and sectorial tailor made methodologies and approaches. Nevertheless, none of these are yet suitable for...

This study has analyzed the effect of cooperation with customers on firms’ innovation activities. This issue is particularly novel and important as customers provide information that will be very useful to generate new products and to make the innovation process more efficient. This paper...

Structural changes in retail banking markets and development of remote access technologies have reduced the number of bank branches in many developed countries. That makes close-downs of bank branches and service accessibility in rural/peripheral regions interesting topics of public discussion....

Various internet platforms have rapidly developed into central points of everyday life, for private individuals as well as for companies (often dominated by a single or a few companies). At the same time these internet platforms are advancing into more and more areas of business. This creates...

Technological progress and knowledge-based innovations have more important role in economic growth and development than ever. This conjecture is often called the new economy, referring to economic growth that is strongly associated to the development of information and communication technology....