plagued by low pay-off in relation to very high investments in R&D and innovation efforts. Using new data, we show that this … related to the Swedish paradox. We take account of the history of innovation policy in Sweden and – on the basis of the …

&D centres in developing countries. The existing and rather limited literature on globalization of innovation provides four …/regional system of innovation. The empirical research presented in this paper reveals that none of these arguments can fully explain … innovation systems framework. …

innovation indicator, respectively. Three conclusions emerge. First, we find that the specification where innovations per capita … with regional R&D. In fact, quantile regressions over the distribution of different patenting and innovation levels per …&D. Secondly, accessibility to inter-regional R&D do not affect innovation significantly in our results, which suggests that …

The issue of the rationale for public intervention under the systems of innovation perspective has recently received an … analysis of innovation policies and innovation systems in the industrialized countries neglecting almost completely the … specific policy dilemmas arising from weak and fragmented innovation systems that characterize developing countries. In the …