Innovative cities are essential for the economic growth and development of countries. At the same time, however, social and environmental problems related to city growth can be serious threats to the full realisation of the socio-economic contribution that cities can make. In this paper it is argued that the notion of a “system of innovation” is helpful in understanding the factors that shape t...

This study investigates how context-specific institutional factors affect innovative capabilities of the agricultural crop biotechnology sector in Hungary. Answering this question has involved three areas of research, into: the network of actors and its accommodation of technological characteristics; the sustained use of institutional arrangements which characterised the pre-transition science ...

Pre-publication draft 11 15 2010 (to be revised) Executive Summary Introduction – Objectives, Arguments, Findings I. Standards, Innovation and Economic Development – A Conceptual Framework II. China’s Strategy – Standards as a Tool for Indigenous Innovation III. China’s Dilemma: Globalization and Rising Complexity Constrain National Policies IV. Toward Greater Pragmatism? China’s Recent Policy ...

Innovation theory has pointed to the complex, non-linear character of innovation processes. Heterogeneous networks of actors including a mixed spectrum of many and diverse academic, economic, and governmental agencies combine to achieve innovations. Is there any role for innovation policy beyond influencing framework conditions in such a situation? The article analyzes the case of a successful ...

The regional nature of innovation and innovation policy was investigated. The aim of this study was to determine whether the specific economic and institutional conditions of a region had an influence on the results of a national policy intended to support entrepreneurial innovation. The analysis compared the effect of the national R&D subsidies on the innovation effort of firms located in cent...

This article proposes an institutional analysis of modern capitalist economies. It argues that the institutional dimension is crucial if one wants to account for the coexistence of different types of modern developed economies, characterised by substantially different institutional structures. It explains why no generalised pattern of convergence towards the same economic model should be expect...

The information technology (IT) and IT products industry has become the essential " first pillar " industry and an important force behind the growth of China's national economy. However, information technology-related electrical and electronic waste has also caused a considerable environmental burden to China. This paper focuses on the developing circular economy (CE) policy within China and it...

This paper studies endogenous diffusion and impact of a cost-saving technological innovation – Internet Banking. When the innovation is initially introduced, large banks have an advantage to adopt it first and enjoy further growth of size. Over time, as the innovation diffuses into smaller banks, the aggregate bank size distribution increases stochastically towards a new steady state. Applying ...

This study explores the impact of social capital on innovation by constructing a more general measure of social capital indicator consisting of generalized and institutional trust, associational activities and civic norms. We test the hypothesis that social capital has a positive impact on innovation at the national level. After controlling for R&D expenditure and human capital there is a posit...

e institutional and path-dependency approaches used to explain innovation in Britain during the Industrial Revolution generate prediction errors when applied elsewhere. Here, innovation is modeled as a dynamic coordination game with multiple equilibria. Tests of the resulting propositions based on 116 successful inventions between 1700 and 1849 suggest that there were two distinct categories of...