@article{10902/16072, year = {2013}, url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/16072}, abstract = {This research provides a new theoretical approach to innovation. Innovation relies on collaborative relationships between universities, private companies and public administration. This theoretical approach offers an opportunity for scientific discovery in an environment of collaboration. Innovative ideas are not self-contained items; they are more like ecosystems and networks. The article also provides data processed in recent years (2003?2009) for the European Union states, providing relevant empirical evidence on the relationship between human capital, relational capital, technological capital and innovation. In the econometric and statistical modelling, the countries of the Europe of the Fifteen (EU-15) will be considered.}, organization = {This research was supported financially by the European Regional Development Fund under the project Dissemination and Networks of Knowledge in the Atlantic Arc (K-Networks).}, publisher = {Adam Mickiewicz University press}, publisher = {Quaestiones Geographicae, V. 32, issue 2, p. 5-14}, title = {A new approach to innovation and its application to the countries of the European Union}, author = {Agueros Sánchez, Manuel and Casares Hontañón, Pedro and Coto Millán, Pablo and Castro García, Pablo María de and Pesquera González, Miguel Ángel}, }