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This paper deals with theoretical as well as empirical issues in research on national innovation systems (NIS). The aims of this paper are the following: first, some basic concepts of the NIS approach as they are used here are defined and explained. This seems to be necessary for reasons of clarity, since different authors in this field still make use of different concepts. Second, and based on this theoretical introduction, the empirical treatment of national innovation systems is discussed while recent trends in the NIS literature on performance measurement of innovation systems are summarized. Third, details of a research agenda with the goal to improve performance measurements of national innovation systems are given whilst potential pitfalls of benchmarking exercises in the context of national innovation systems are also discussed.

Technical collaboration as social construction

Adopting an innovation systems approach, this paper addresses how institutions in supply markets (in the institutional economics sense of informal constraints and formal rules) influence the innovation process between firms. Within an innovation system, institutions may contain the ability not only to support but also to restrain the co-ordination of knowledge and skills in inter-organisational relationships. The paper proposes that value transparency, characterised as a relationship resource, is an alternative to existing institutions (such as openbook negotiation) which appear to have failed to adapt to the changing nature of product and process technologies. 4 Key Words: technological systems, value transparency, open-book negotiation, supply.

the nature of dynamic capabilities:

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Information and Communication Technologies in restructuring: the regional dimension

ABSTRACT: The aim of this report is to provide policy recommendations for the implementation of ICTs-related innovations in primary and secondary education schools. These are based on a framework for understanding ICTs-related teaching/learning innovations which was developed through the meta-analysis and discussion of the outcomes from three TSER projects (Ivette, Delilah and CL-Net), an Educational Multimedia Task Force project (Representation) and the Sypredem Workshop, as well as an extensive review of current major policy initiatives for the implementation of ICTs in education across Europe. A number of important framework conditions and factors which contribute to the effective undertaking of ICTs-related innovations in schools are discussed. Finally, recommendations for policy formation and research at EU and national levels are proposed. KEYWORDS: ICTs, teaching/learning innovations, ICTs-related innovation policies in primary and secondary education, innovation sustainability and diffusion, innovation approaches 2 Table of contents

One size fits all? Towards a differentiated policy approach with respect to regional innovation systems SRE-Discussion 2004/01 2004One size fits all? Towards a differentiated policy approach with respect to regional innovation systems