representative micro dataset derived from pooling two waves of Community Innovation Survey in the Czech Republic, we quantitatively … innovation milieu, significantly boost the innovativeness of firms operating in that region, while several aspects of … differences mediate impact of firm-level predictors, namely the age of firms. Younger firms benefit from the innovation milieu …

Innovation is a multilevel phenomenon. Not only attributes of firms but also the framework conditions within which … a multilevel model of innovation which connects micro and macro levels of analysis in an integrated framework. National … resources are used to leverage innovation. Nevertheless, the results also draw attention to the limits of the existing models …

Innovation is often seen as carried out by highly educated labour in R&D intensive companies with strong ties to … leading centers of excellence in the scientific world. Seen from this angle innovation is a typical "first world" activity …. There is, however, another way to look at innovation that goes significantly beyond this high-tech picture. In this, broader …