Catching Up, Spillovers and Innovation Networks in a Schumpeterian Perspective

Introduction.- A Research Agenda.- The Role of Banks in the Schumpeterian Innovative Evolution - An Axiomatic Set-up.- Generalized Barriers to Entry and Economic Development.- Inventing Together: Exploring the Nature of International Knowledge Spillovers in Latin America.- Formal and Informal External Linkages and Firms' Innovative Strategies.- The Commerializing of Spillovers.- The Innovation Performance of MNE Subsidiaries and Local Embeddedness.- Towards a Systemic and Evolutionary Framework for Venture Capital Policy.- Social Entrepreneurship for the Generation of Networking Capabilities.- Diffusion and Incorporation of Technology into the Health Care System.- The Relevance of Industry-University Relationship for the Brazilian Pharmaceutical System of Innovation.- Outsourcing and Diffusion of Knowledge in ICT Clusters.