This book describes and compares how semi-autonomous agencies are created and
governed by 30 governments. It leads practitioners and researchers through the crowded …

The aim of this paper is to examine the interdependence between higher education on the
one hand and the competitiveness of the economy and sustainable development on the …

One of the key challenges for innovative companies is reducing innovation failures and the
loss of scarce resources. This study investigates two under-explored aspects of innovation …

This essay explores how the Baltic republics responded to the crisis of 2008–2011. We
argue that while there are significant differences in how the Baltic economies responded to …

Comparing the innovation performance of EU candidate countries: an entropy-based
TOPSIS approach Page 1 Full Terms & Conditions of access and use can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rero20 …

We position “smart specialization”(SS) as the third external and conditionality-based reform
of economic policy rationales–after Washington Consensus and Europeanization–in Central …

This article discusses the role of state-owned enterprises in innovation policy management.
This has long been a neglected topic in both management and innovation literature. The …

The research peripheral countries (RPCs) are faced with the need to provide transformative
change for long term sustainable development with scarce research and development …

This paper shows that R&D subsidy policies at the European Union (EU) and national levels
stimulated labor productivity in Central and Eastern European countries (CEEC) in the years …

This paper argues that the 2008 economic crisis was particularly deep in Estonia and
Iceland because non-corporatist neo-liberal political features were essential endogenous …