Systemic country differences in the European innovation performance - Does institutional context matter?

Does Institutional Memory Matter?

A fter 55 years of service, Dr. Joseph C. Greenfield quietly stepped down from his position as Director of the Heart Station, Durham Veterans Administration Hospital affiliated with Duke University Medical Center. Dr. Greenfield was also the James B. Duke Professor of Medicine, Chairman of Medicine and Chief of Cardiology Emeritus, and one of my most important mentors. This marks an event that ...

Does Innovation Policy Matter in a Transition Country? the Case of Hungary

The political and economic transition posed a complex, tremendous challenge in Hungary in the beginning of the 1990s. Not only macroeconomic stabilisation was required, but fundamental organisational and institutional changes were also needed to transform the country into a stable, middle-income economy, capable of catching up with the more advanced ones in the longer run. Having completed the ...

Does Institutional Quality Impact Innovation? Evidence from Cross-Country Patent Grant Data

The Impact of Market Orientation on Innovation Performance: Does Service Innovation Matter?

The market orientation has been found to be a major driver of innovation performance in service contexts. This issue raises questions concerning the extent to which the relationship market orientation-innovation performance link holds in the high-tech industry. Relatively litter research has examined how market orientation contributes to innovation performance through service innovation. We rep...

Decomposing cross-country differences in levels of obesity and overweight: does the social environment matter?

This paper examines the influence of environmental factors on weight gain and obesity. We take advantage of a markedly different pattern of obesity between Italy in Spain to undertake a non-linear decomposition analysis of differences in the prevalence of overweight and obesity between the two countries. The analysis is based on cross-sectional national surveys for 2003. We have attempted to is...