I am receiving more requests for support to diagnose and improve innovation systems than ever before. It’s just been a few years since I have decided to focus all my attention at working with the upgrading of regions and industries from an innovation systems perspective and I am pleased that this decision is working out.… Continue reading Promoting sectoral innovation systems
Tag: R & D
Assisting firms to improve their Research and Development activities
In my daily work I deal with two kinds of manufacturers: those who have formal or informal research and development activities, and those who don’t. While there are certain tendencies for some industries to be more R & D intensive than others, I found some very innovative firms even in traditional sectors. The first step… Continue reading Assisting firms to improve their Research and Development activities
UNU-MERIT: How firms innovate: R&D, non-R&D, and technology adoption
You may be interested in the following paper from UNU-MERIT by C. Huang, A. Arundel & H. Hollanders The official abstract is below. Non-R&D innovation is a common economic phenomenon, though R&D has been the central focus of policy making and scholarly research in the field of innovation. An analysis of the third European Community… Continue reading UNU-MERIT: How firms innovate: R&D, non-R&D, and technology adoption