5."InnoSupport: Supporting Innovation in SMEs"
This paper is a guide on basic tools required to support innovation in
SMEs. The paper has twelve chapters on issues such as identification of
innovation needs of a SME, tools for developing innovative solutions,
evaluation of these solutions, innovative production strategies,
financing and marketing innovation, innovation networks among others.
http://www.innovation.lv/ino2/publications/SME_manual_en.pdf
6."Mapping and Analysis of Innovation Clusters in Europe : Towards A Consistent Approach"
The study seeks to create a consistent European database on clusters
and cluster policies and then propound a common methodology for
statistical and economic analysis. The process also attempts to
identify the most promising industrial clusters where successful
innovation strategies can be tested.
http://www.insme.org/documents/in9str4.pdf
7."Mapping National Innovation Systems in the OECD Area"
The paper investigates the structure and nature of innovation
activities in eighteen national systems of innovation across selected
OECD countries. Using multivariate data analysis, it classifies the
different national innovation systems into different cluster and forges
a new link between the two approaches of national and sectoral
innovation systems.
http://201.149.22.140/documento/36.pdf
8."Measuring Regional Innovation"
Given that there is growing consensus that innovation is the key to
growth, this guidebook takes the first step by describing the process
of compiling data on key measures of innovation which would then feed
into regional development policies and programs.
http://www.insme.org/documenti/Measuring_%20Regional%20_Innovation.pdf
9."Fostering the Growth of Innovation Clusters for Regional
Development : Building a Network of Software Clusters in Parana, Brazil"
The paper highlights methods to promote the creation of expansion of
regional innovation systems comprising SMEs thorough development of
local innovation capacity and better and efficient linkages with global
resources.
http://in3.dem.ist.utl.pt/downloads/cur2000/papers/S11p05.pdf
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