García-Quevedo, José; Pellegrino, Gabriele; … - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2011
This paper examines the determinants of young innovative companies’ (YICs) R&D activities taking into account the … in the case of the YICs, suggesting that their innovation behaviour is less persistent and more erratic. Moreover, our … boosting R&D activities in the sub-sample of mature firms only, YICs’ spending on R&D appears to be more sensitive to demand …