TAILORING INNOVATION POLICIES TO SECTORS AND REGIONS – THE CASE OF SLOVAKIA

• Authors: Miroslav Šipikal
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The aim of the present paper is to investigate channels of innovation and knowledge transfer in the development of the automotive and wood processing sectors in Slovakia and identify suitable policies to support these innovations. We follow the conceptual framework of innovation patterns and try to identify adequate support policies for different regional innovation patterns. We used interviews with several relevant actors in both sectors to identify their innovation activities and the role the external environment plays in them. We found that better functioning support tools in the region are aimed at key channels of knowledge and innovation transfer.We also support the need for a thematically=regionally focused innovation policy approach, as both sectors and regions require different kinds of innovation policies.

Keywords

EN

Innovation; Automotive; Wood Processing; Innovation Patterns; Innovation Policy

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: DANUBE: Law and Economics Review
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 4
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 277-291

Dates

published

2013-12-01

online

2014-01-22

Contributors

author

Miroslav Šipikal

• University of Economics in Bratislava, Faculty of National Economy, Dolnozemská cesta 1, 852 35 Bratislava, Slovak Republic

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/danb-2013-0015