How to evaluate innovations, especially in the beginning of new product development, is a
question constantly posed by academics, managers, and policymakers. One reason for this …

What is innovation and what determines its development in manufacturing firms? The
literature on the topic has evolved exponentially during the last decades. However, the …

At the turn of the century some cities and regions in Europe, Japan and the USA, displayed
an exceptional capacity to incubate and develop new knowledge and innovations. The …

The phenomenon of entrepreneurial universities has received considerable attention over
the last decades. An entrepreneurial orientation by academia might put regions and nations …

Economists examine the genesis of technological change and the ways we commercialize
and diffuse it. The economics of property rights and patents, in addition to industry …

As the innovation process has become more open and networked, Government policy in the
UK has sought to promote both research excellence in the university sector and the …

Abstract The introduction of Artificial Intelligence (AI), specifically Generative AI (GenAI), has
significantly transformed the higher education landscape. Despite the opportunities GenAI …

Drawing upon a sample of 206 medium‐sized manufacturing firms, this article investigates
the extent to which management of external information is associated with innovation …

We investigate the role of universities as a knowledge source for regional innovation
processes. The contribution of universities is tested on the level of German NUTS‐3 regions …

Local Industrial Clusters Page 1 Page 2 Local Industrial Clusters Local industrial clusters, such
as Silicon Valley in the United States, have become an important subject of scholarly inquiry in …