Research on industrial clusters in developing countries is increasingly concerned with how
their competitiveness evolves and changes over time. This article shows what analytical …

This paper is concerned with the changing role of regional innovation systems and regional
policies in supporting the transition of indigenous firms in developing countries from …

'The United Nations system was a pioneer in the field of technical cooperation, and capacity
development is its central mandate. UNDP has long played an important leadership role in …

The paper is a review of approaches towards institutional technology support for small-scale
manufacturing enterprises in developing countries since the early 1970s. Early programmes …

Tourism is characterized for being a sector that has been highlighted as one of the activities
with greatest potential for expansion on a global scale. For its growth potential and for being …

This paper analyzes the results of an empirical study involving 10 firms located in the
Campos Basin oil & gas industrial agglomeration in Brazil. Within the last 20 years, this …

Mainstream studies on innovation consider innovation processes as necessarily driven by
expenditures on formal R&D and the input of engineers and scientists with third-level …

En el marco de la evolución de los mercados mundiales y de los nuevos modelos de
apertura, varias producciones agroalimentarias en países del Mercosur mostraron en las …

This article is concerned with unpacking the role of the cluster supporting the SMEs' move
from competing on low costs to innovating in the global value chain. By comparing four …

Among policy makers and academics, consensus suggests that innovation is a crucial factor
in generating economic growth and development in the developed world (Lundvall, 1992; …