Schneider, Cédric; Veugelers, Reinhilde - In: Industrial and Corporate Change 19 (2010) 4, pp. 969-1007
Recent policy initiatives in the EU aim at supporting so-called young highly innovative companies (YICs). This article provides empirical evidence from German CIS data on the innovative performances of this specific type of firms, supporting why they matter. We first characterize YICs in the...