Developing Touristic Destination - Innovation Performance Issues

Intangible Assets in the Competitive Processes of the Cultural Touristic Destinations. an Empirical Evidence from Taranto’s Destination

The research objective is to analyze the “widespread museum” of the city of Taranto, the systemic set of widespread cultural heritage in the city and in the surrounding area, and to consider it in view of a cultural touristic destination. In particular, the research aims to verify if and how the “widespread museum” may help to achieve social and economic positive externalities, so substantial b...

A Tripartite Innovation Framework in Small Firms in Developing Countries: Key Issues for Analysis and Policy

This paper analyses the issue of innovation in developing countries with reference to local production systems populated by small enterprises. In these contexts innovation may result from imitation and from spillovers from foreign direct investments; however, the literature shows that these opportunities frequently find serious obstacles and are less fruitful than expected; for this reason we s...

Performance measures: the destination or the journey?

Innovation systems in developing countries

This paper provides a review of what every developing-country policymaker should know about low-carbon innovation. It explains what is unique about low-carbon innovation, why low-carbon innovation systems matter, and in what ways they need to be strengthened. However, building low-carbon innovation systems is a resource-intensive and long term endeavour, the outcomes of which are neither guaran...

Promoting Innovation in Developing Countries:

The paper provides a conceptual framework for approaching the promotion of technological innovation and its diffusion in developing countries. Innovation climates in developing countries are, by nature, problematic, characterized by poor business and governance conditions, low educational levels, and mediocre infrastructure. This raises particular challenges for the promotion of innovation. The...