Innovation is crucial to regional economic competitiveness and to productivity growth. A salient feature of the Indian … economy is the geographic concentration of both, economic activity and innovation, as measured by patent activity. Theoretical … turn drives innovation. The literature also posits that the presence of human capital is critical to the generation of new …

, development and innovation. Smart specialization is an important instrument for creating a strategy for the development of … innovation at the state and regional level as well as for defining and building the knowledge-based economy. This paper presents … specialization is helping to focus development of innovation in areas consistent with their endogenous potentials. The aims of the …

to be especially aggressive in terms of innovation if they want to enter and succeed in markets where incumbents already …

commercial disposal of innovation-dependent firms and industries is a cause for grave concern by the European Commission and many …

'Innovation is the ability to take new ideas and translate them into commercial outcomes by using new processes …, products or services in a way that is better and faster than the competition' (Nedis & Byler, 2009). Innovation is considered … subject of policy intervention and regional development. The understanding of what innovation is has evolved in the past …

growth based on knowledge and innovation. Poland and its regions are in a specific socio-economical position characterized by … develop and maintain a competitive advantage is to trigger knowledge- and innovation-based entrepreneurship. Cohesion policy … funds open up great opportunities for innovation. Nowadays, when the programming period 2007 - 2013 came to an end, it is …

The paper focuses on quantitative assessment of the innovation's role in explaining regional disparities and … convergence in Europe. The empirical part of the study bases on the regional GDP pc and innovation indicators on the EU-27 NUTS2 … level regions. Based on the selected set of initial innovation indicators for the 262 EU NUTS2 level regions and using the …