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KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER, INSTITUTIONS, AND INNOVATION IN CROATIA AND SLOVENIA
Will BARTLETT
Nevenka ČUČKOVIĆ
Sažetak
The paper investigates the institutional framework to support
knowledge transfer in Slovenia and Croatia. In transition economies
knowledge transfer is subject to several sources of market
failure which provides a justification for government intervention.
The success of these policies also depends upon the ability of academic
institutions and the business sector to collaborate in technology
networks, innovation clusters and the mobility of researchers
between the two sectors. The paper first surveys the innovation
capacity of the two countries and concludes that although
the overall level of innovative activity is above that of the
new EU member states, it is highly skewed in both countries towards
the public sector in research institutes and universities. The
paper goes to review the knowledge transfer policies, institutional
framework, and policy outcomes in the two countries. The
paper concludes, firstly, that policies to support technology parks
and business incubators have failed to generate much spin-off
activity in either country. Secondly, Slovenia has been relatively
more successful in its policies to develop technology networks, innovation clusters than similar policies in Croatia. This suggests
that the gradual development of social capital and trust between
the actors within clusters and networks is an important factor in overcoming the market failures associated with knowledge transfer.
Ključne riječi
knowledge transfer; innovation; networks; clusters; market failure
Hrčak ID:
18279
URI
Datum izdavanja:
30.6.2006.
Posjeta: 3.861 *