innovation output. This paper analyzes the effect of family firm density on regional innovation output. Combining a dataset of … show that regions with a higher family firm density also show higher levels of innovation output, as measured by the number … of successful patent applications. The implications of these findings for family firms and regional policy are discussed …

innovation and growth achieved by these SMEs. It is found that SMEs tend to utilise and value more knowledge networks with actors … innovation systems approach, focusing equally on the regional and more global dimensions of knowledge networks. It is concluded …

knowledge and facilitate innovation. The paper draws on the notion of network resources, distinguishing two types: social … important source of innovation. Overall, firms investing more in the development of their inter-firm and other external … knowledge networks enjoy higher levels of innovation. It is suggested that an over-reliance on social capital forms of network …

The conventional wisdom is that government decentralization promotes policy innovation because it allows for several … take it into account. This paper uses a social learning model to compare policy innovation under centralization and … decentralization. Centralization leads to more policy innovation if the local governments are relatively homogeneous or large in number …