Journal of Science and Technology Policy Management: Volume 11 Issue 3

Guest editorial

Anna Visvizi, Miltiadis Lytras, Ernesto Damiani

The orchestration process for emergence of clusters of innovation

Bruno Anicet Bittencourt, Aurora Carneiro Zen, Vitor Schmidt, Douglas Wegner

Requalification of neglected areas in urban contexts is considered as one of the main challenges for smart cities. Business clusters stand out as mechanisms of innovation for not…

Towards Chinese smart manufacturing ecosystem in the context of the one belt one road initiative

Rafif Al-Sayed, Jianhua Yang

The purpose of this paper is to examine empirically China’s determined thrust to attain a high level of technological innovation and the factors affecting moving towards a smart…

BRI and its digital dimension: twists and turns

Krzysztof Kozłowski

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the perspectives of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Belt and Road strategy. The challenge in terms of studying the New Silk Road…

The role of EU cohesion policy in promoting smart and sustainable competitiveness in the regions of the Visegrad countries

Malgorzata Dziembala

This paper aims to analyse the competitiveness of the regions of the Visegrad countries (Czechia, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) with respect to their sustainability and discuss…

Decision-making method for evaluating solar desalination options: the case of Saudi Arabia

Sa'd Shannak, Malak Alnory

Solar as an energy source has a massive potential to reduce dependence on fossil fuels in Gulf Countries (GC). One attractive application of solar energy is solar-powered…