Recent studies have separately investigated the importance of regional innovation systems
(RISs) and absorptive capacity (AC) to innovation performance. This study explores their …

Although the field of entrepreneurship is recognized as being of fundamental importance for
our economy, and although many researchers throughout the world have turned their …

This paper uses the data of the 1999 Statistics Canada Innovation Survey to address a
crucial question for the understanding of novelty of innovation in the manufacturing sector …

Drawing together work in comparative politics, public administration, organization theory,
and economic sociology, this article describes a distinctive form of modern polity‐the …

Why do some individuals decide they want to create businesses and then actually do so?
Why do others decide against this course of action, even though they appear to have what it …

A general consensus exists in the debate on innovation-oriented regional development, in
which cooperation in innovation between manufacturing firms, service firms and research …

The fields of entrepreneurship, innovation and regional development are inextricably linked,
with people, organisations and the environment or their location, forming the main building …

Continuous product and process innovations are prerequisites for sustainable growth of
both nations and regions. How such innovations are created and how successful innovation …

CHURCH A. and REID P.(1999) Cross-border co-operation, institutionalization and political
space across the English Channel, Reg. Studies 33, 643±655. Cross-border initiatives are …

The involvement of urban and regional governments in transnational cooperative
arrangements and policy networks has led to considerable debate regarding the political …