This contribution aims to deal with innovation policy from the perspective of the systems of
innovation approach. The intention is to address basic principles related to national …

Starting from the co-evolutionary development of innovation practice, theory and policy, five
functions are identified that play a crucial role in the management of present-day innovation …

This paper aimed to provide an analytical and theoretical discussion of the national
innovation systems perspective. In doing so, first, we sketched out some of the economists' …

The Systems of Innovation (SI) approach has existed for alittle more than a decade now after
the seminal work by Freeman (1987), Lundvall (1992) and Nelson (1993). The SI approach …

In their attempt to analyse the “rise of systemic instruments”, Smits and Kuhlmann (2004, pp.
5− 8) identify three trends that characterise the “changing nature of innovation processes …

Who produces scientific and technical knowledge these days? What type of knowledge is
being produced and for what purposes? Why are firms and governments funding research …

The 'systems of innovation'approach has emerged during the last decade as a way of
studying of innovation processes as an endogenous part of the economy. The approach is …

The purpose of this paper is to develop the innovation system analysis by bringing together
the “institutional” and “organizational” dimensions of the process of innovation at the firm …

The economic analysis of innovation is important because economic growth in highly
industrialized countries and international competitiveness are driven by innovations and …

There is a growing interest in a better understanding of the logic and design of innovation
policies. Although many different innovation base theories have tried to explain the …