1. Introduction: Politics and the creation and diffusion of knowledge Helge Hveem and Carl Henrik Knutsen Part 1: National Politics, Policies and Innovation 2. Democracy, dictatorship and technological change Carl Henrik Knutsen 3. Is the Economic Crisis Impairing Convergence in Innovation Performance across Europe? Daniele Archibugi and Andrea Filippetti 4. The Impact of Unfair Competition Laws on Innovation Activities Anamaria Maftei Part 2: International Governance and Innovation: The Patent System 5. The Globalisation of Intellectual Property Rights: Four Lessons Learned and Four Theses Daniele Archibugi and Andrea Filippetti 6. Policy capture, convergence, and challenge: EU and the Doha Amendment to the TRIPS Agreement Helge Hveem 7. The Governance of Patents in Europe: An Improved Patent Impact Assessment for New Technology Developments Evisa Kica and Nico Groenendijk Part 3: Foreign Direct Investment and R&D 8. Foreign Direct Investment and Technological Convergence Michael Hübler 9. ‘Attract FDI!’ — A universal golden rule? Empirical evidence for OECD and selected non-OECD countries Robert Stehrer and Julia Woerz 10. Multinational Firms’ R&D Investment in Developing Countries: Determinants of Location Choices Viviana Maftei 11. Does foreign ownership facilitate cooperation on innovation? Firm-level evidence from the enlarged European Union Martin Srholec 12. Public Policies and the Location of EU business R&D: Insights from the EC IRMA Survey Michele Michele Cincera, Claudio Cozza and Alexander Tübke 13.Firms Internationalisation in the Service Industries: Evidence for Norway Fulvio Castellacci 4. Backward FDI linkages as a channel for transferring technology and building innovation capability - the case of Slovenia Maja Bucar, Matija Rojec and Metka Stare