In the last decades, innovation activity has been defined by an increasing complexity and a faster pace of the … underlying technological change. Accordingly, several studies have shown that competitive systems of innovation benefit from …

differential taxation incentives offered to foreign investors. Far from crippling innovation, divestment has sparked an increase in … patent applications – including higher end invention patents – and other innovation measures. Together with robustness checks …, our estimations suggest a real improvement in innovation rather than just a window‐dressing exercise. We suggest that one …

innovation also when referring to intra-country differences. …

Nanomaterials are seen as a key technology for the 21st Century, and much is expected of them in terms of innovation … products. In this context, it seems all the more important for regions to put their own innovation systems in place, and to … conditions and configurations allow a regional innovation system to be competitive in a cutting-edge technology like …