knowledge acquisition, and barriers to innovation and development. In spite of a relative lack of government support, we find …

National Innovation System, with particular attention devoted to the question of finance and policy initiatives. We then turn …

The impact of innovation on firm performance has been a matter of significant interest to economists and policy makers … for decades. Although innovation is generally regarded as a means of improving the competitiveness of firms and their … increased productivity. Therefore, in recent years, the relationship between innovation and firm performance has been modelled …

engaging in virtually no collaboration in the area of innovation, and others engaging quite intensively with academic partners …

This paper uses obstacles to innovation to investigate the heterogeneity of Polish innovating firms. Based on the … distinguishes between two groups of innovating firms: those which introduced innovation in both periods covered by both CIS (called … persistent innovators) and those which introduced innovation either in CIS4 or CIS5 (occasional innovators). Two steps analysis …

and evolutionary economics and the endogeneous growth literature highlight the role of innovation activities in enabling … market share, is postulated to depend on indicators of firms' innovation behaviour such as improvements in cost …

(Woodward et al., 2012), this working paper presents an analysis of two Sectoral Innovation Systems (Malerba, 2002) in the …

Innovation System, and then focus on KIE itself. Our findings are perhaps more optimistic than many previous studies of knowledge … which universities are playing a significant role as partners for firms in the innovation process has increased … significantly; moreover, we observe a significant degree of internationalization of innovation-related cooperation. Another …