Purpose The purpose of this paper is to conduct a systematic literature review of the studies
that have analyzed the impact of culture on innovation. Design/methodology/approach The …

In this study, we review the literature on the creation and diffusion of innovation in the private
sectors (industry and services) in developing countries. In particular, we collect evidence on …

This paper studies the relationships among the use of digital communication technologies,
innovation performance and productivity, using an extended version of the Crepon-Duguet …

This study examines the determinants of technological innovation and its impact on firm
labor productivity across Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica …

Since its emergence in the 1980s the national innovation system (NIS) concept has become
widely used by scholars and policymakers alike. In the course of its rapid diffusion it has …

Innovation policy has emerged as a new field of economic policy during the last few
decades. This paper explores the rationales for national innovation policies, as laid out in …

Despite the high profile of the issue in current policy formulations in low-income countries
(LICs), there is little large firm level survey based empirical evidence on innovativeness and …

The role of emerging economies in the global economy via embeddedness in Global Value
Chains (GVCs) is increasing, but their ability to become innovation leaders is less certain …

A shift in the entrepreneurial landscape is taking place brought about by grassroots
innovators with little formal education and technological knowhow, living and working in …

This paper proposes an evolutionary view of economic catch-up by latecomers, considered
as a long-run process of closing the gap in capabilities by promoting learning and …