institutional factors which persisted with democracy. Amongst knowledge key areas, education, research and development (R&D) and … innovation advanced with frequent setbacks. This irregular behaviour induced very negative economic and social consequences given … Government has drastically been diminishing support to education and R&D over the last years, as a consequence of the austerity …

We investigate factors that determine product innovation in network industries. We develop a demand …-pull-technology-push model of enterprise innovation and find that enterprise innovation depends on firm's specific abilities to extend the … industry. Enterprise innovation increases when consumers value the network development more and when consumers are less …

Innovation plays a central role in economic development, at regional and national level. In the competitive environment … achieve innovations of high quality. Depending on the type of industry, the type of business, the type of innovation and the … strategic objectives that have been set, firms will regularly have to modify the way in which their R&D and innovation is …

This paper employs a new global panel data set on innovation related variables to examine patterns of R&D investment …

This paper studies how the assignment of patents as collateral determines the savings of firms and magnifies the effect … patent and trademark office that minimizes the legal uncertainty surrounding patents as collateral and maximizes the growth …

This paper studies how the assignment of patents as collateral determines the savings of firms and magnifies the effect … patent and trademark office that minimizes the legal uncertainty surrounding patents as collateral and maximizes the growth …

This paper studies how the assignment of patents as collateral determines the savings of firms and magnifies the effect … patent and trademark office that minimizes the legal uncertainty surrounding patents as collateral and maximizes the growth …

Southern firms in global innovation networks. A complementary exercise uses global bilateral patent data to investigate the … stimulate Southern innovation. …

Southern firms in global innovation networks. A complementary exercise uses global bilateral patent data to investigate the … stimulate Southern innovation …

cognitive skills as a driver of innovation and diffusion. Although there is substantial diversity, the new human capital index …