"ECIS (Eindhoven Centre for Innovation Studies) is a research centre based at the School of Innovation Sciences at Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. Innovation is one of the fundamental factors affecting the economic performance of firms, regions and countries, and social welfare and the quality of life at large. The research mission of ECIS is to enhance our understanding of the sources, nature and effects of innovation processes. Our research aims to provide useful insights for an effective governance/management of innovation processes at regional, national and international levels. This research is structured by the following five major research programs: Modern Societies in Transition; Philosophy of Technology: Ethics and Epistemology of Innovation; Psychology of Human-Technology Interaction; System Innovations & Sustainability Transitions; Technology Flows, Knowledge Economy & Economic Performance"