Public Technology Procurement and Innovation studies public technology procurement as an instrument of innovation … research literature on the economics of innovation. Similarly, preoccupation with `supply-side' measures has led policy … obstacles to the use of public technology procurement as a means of stimulating and supporting technological innovation …

impact of public technology policies on innovation of firms located in Eastern Germany. The main question is whether public … funding stimulates innovation activities or whether crowding-out effects between public and private means occur. A … companies would have invested remarkably less if they had not participated in public innovation policy schemes. …

This study analyzes the effects of public R&D policy schemes on the innovation activities of firms located in Eastern … their innovation activities by about four percentage points. …