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 …

-income countries managed to catch up or fall behind depended mainly on their ability to develop their 'innovation system'. …

-income countries managed to catch up or fall behind depended mainly on their ability to develop their 'innovation system'. …

differences across regions in innovation and diffusion of technology may explain these findings. A simultaneous equation model … for 64 European regions in the 1980s. The results show that innovation and the diffusion of technology are indeed … les regions les ecarts d'innovation et de diffusion de la technologie, parmi d'autres facteurs. Un modele d …