A recent paper by Asteris Chatziparadeisis, presented at the European Conference on Quality in Survey Statistics (Cardiff 24 – 26 April 2006) focuses on the capacity of well-established indicators to capture the progress towards the knowledge-based economy. Continue reading
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The project ‘Intelligent Cities: Innovative cities and competitiveness for sustainable development’, supported by INTERREG IIIC – South Zone, has as main objective to formulate an urban strategy for the creation of ‘innovation hubs’ (spaces of innovation). Continue reading
This book of Peter A. Gloor introduces to the concept of Collaborative Innovation Networks (COINs), which are powerful engines of contemporary innovation. Using real-life examples the book shows how to use COINs to develop successful products in R & D, grow better customer relationships, establish better project management, and build higher-performing teams. Continue reading
The 2nd IET International Conference on Intelligent Environments, 5-6 July 2006, Athens, will provide a leading edge forum for researchers and engineers from across the world to present their latest research and to discuss future directions in this area. Continue reading
The paper of Ronald N. Kostoff, Rene Tshiteya, Christine A. Bowles, and Tuure Tuunanen ‘The structure and infrastructure of Finnish research literature’ identifies four main research topics that describe the core knowledge competences of the Finnish innovation system: (1) Wireless Networks and Mobile Communication, (2) Signal Processing, (3) Materials Science and Engineering, and (4) Chemistry. Continue reading
Several recent studies have concluded that science parks tend to fail in attracting and developing high-tech companies and have therefore not fulfilled their expected role as catalysts of regional economic growth.
Based on two in-depth case studies of science parks in Denmark and the UK, this paper introduces Continue reading
Regional innovation on the Internet is a district of websites dealing with this theme. The representation is based on the MapStan Search (http://search.mapstan.net/). Continue reading