Over the past 25 years, the regional innovation system (RIS) approach has become a
powerful framework for explaining the uneven geographical distribution of innovation in …

This paper investigates whether advanced manufacturing technologies (AMT) can modify
the patterns of upgrading in manufacturing subsidiaries operating in FDI hosting factory …

The beneficial effects of innovation for firm performance and competitiveness are well
established but it has been suggested in recent years that innovation regimes differ between …

Since the early 1990s, Europe's economies have been facing several new challenges: the
1992 single market programme, the collapse of the Berlin wall and eastward enlargement …

Smart specialisation is currently probably the largest innovation policy experiment in the
world. Its aim is to move the EU less developed countries and regions on path of R&D-based …

This essay is an interpretative survey that explores the post-socialist transformation in
Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (EE&fSU) from a neo-Schumpeterian …

This paper explores the changing role of world regions (North America, EU15, South EU,
Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), Former-USSR, Latin America, Asia Pacific and the …

This paper empirically estimates the role of private and public research and development in
explaining growth of Central and Eastern European Countries (CEE) during 1998–2008. We …

The very limited studies that tried to measure the efficiency of national innovation systems
(NISs) in BRICS economies were limited to the assumption that the innovation process at …

The use of various forms of ICTs (information communication technology) such as mobile
telephones can foster the socio-economic progression of developing countries. Contextually …