-level innovativeness. This observation has been explained by older employees working with outdated technological knowledge and being … particular turnover of R&D workers is deemed a vehicle for transfer of external knowledge to the firm, which can compensate for … lower cognitive flexibility and up-to-date knowledge among older workers. We use a matched employer-employee dataset based …

, emphasizes knowledge as an economic object and, more generally, the economics of intellectual property rights. This paper argues …

potential suppliers generate and sell the most suitable innovation. Moreover, procurement by public agencies and large firms … consider a menu of procurement methods and policies for best procuring new knowledge and innovative products, discussing their … the degree of competition between suppliers, as well as other more practical indirect ways to stimulate innovation. We …

(education and training) when designing and implementing innovation policies. With this approach, the paper aims at filling the … gap between the existing literature on competences on the one hand, and the real world of innovation policy-making on the … competence-building in the innovation process from a perspective of innovation systems; it examines how governments and public …

innovation and to mitigate grand challenges. One of the main motivations for the support of Pre-Commercial Procurement schemes … was to use public needs as a driver for innovation. This concept was also introduced as a response to the need to … reinforce the innovation capabilities of the EU, while improving the quality and efficiency of public services. However, there …