This paper first reviews major recent works broadly dedicated to the role innovation plays in development and discusses possible reasons for the marginal role accorded low-income countries. It then reports insights from a systematic review of the literature since the late 1990s that implicitly...

We briefly review the rationale behind technological alliances and provide a snapshot of their role in global competition, especially insofar as it is based around intellectual capital. They nicely illustrate the increased importance of horizontal agreements and thus establish the relevance of...

Since the beginning of the 1990s, the supremacy of ‘Old World’ countries (France and Italy) in the international wine market has been challenged by new players, such as Australia, Argentina, Chile and South Africa, which are recording stunning performances in terms both of export...