While catch up theory assumes that innovation takes place in a linear models andthat path dependant trajectories … characterizes the innovation process, "innovation take off"rests on the premises that innovation systems need strong policy impulses … from governmentfor innovation to effectively take place. Innovation take off is the prerequisite for innovationsystems to …

specific needs of targeted markets. All these developments are leading to the “globalization of innovation”. Based on recent … reference model for chances and challenges of global innovation activities. …

differences based on endogenous differences in the allocation of research and development into product and process innovation …

The importance of green innovation management is growing in practice and academia likewise. To our knowledge, a recent … innovation” and provide an overview of the existing body ofliterature in the field of green innovations identifying the most … environmental innovation are used largely synonymously while the notion ofsustainable innovation broadens the concept and includes a …

Innovation plays a crucial role in determining today's economic growth patterns. But whatenables some countries to … European transition countries. It provides adetailed description of innovation by identifying regional differences in terms of …

This paper assesses the structure and functioning of the U.S. federal government's innovation policy, focusing on those … programs that are designed to promote commercial innovation. Using economic and political theory, institutional analysis …, program data, and comparisons with innovation policies of U.S. states and other nations, the paper identifies the strengths …

Government and the increase in the innovation level through R&D is a way of ensuring further economic growth of the country. By …

SMEs new arenas to engage in what we may call are “global innovation” activities so as to gain, retain, and further … strengthen the competitive position. This pressure to go for global innovation is enhanced by given socio-demographic factors, e … carried out in the Metropolitan Region of Hamburg in Germany to identify barriers to innovation in selected industries and to …