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. …

evidence for incentive and financing problems for private sector investment in innovation projects has provided ground for … governmental interventions to prevent welfare reducing underinvestment in innovation. However, the survey of the literature shows …

knowledge spillovers, especially those occurring at the national level. Wind and solar technologies exhibit distinct innovation … innovative activity with a special emphasis on the role of knowledge spillovers. We investigate two major renewable energy … technologies or sectors (inter-sectoral spillovers), or at the international level. We find that innovation is strongly driven by …

This paper considers the U.S. Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program as a policy fostering academic …