improved products through product innovation, and makes firms more efficient at producing goods through process innovation … relationship between productivity growth, innovation and digital technology adoption plays out is particularly important for the …

classes across all sectors and all EU Member States, we identify different innovation profiles based on a firm's R …&D investment and/or innovation activities. We find that "basic" firms - i.e. firms that do not engage in any type of R&D or … innovation - are more common among young SMEs, while innovators - i.e. firms that do R&D and introduce new products, processes or …

This contribution takes a closer look at innovation in ICT sectors and the failing ability of young innovative firms in …

Start-ups are seen as the leading force in dynamically growing economies. Limited financing opportunities often prevent … start-ups in the digital age. Therefore, we classify the articles into two categories as traditional or novel financing … instruments. Subsequently, we associate the different financing instruments into the various growth stages of start-ups and define …

Entrepreneurs often struggle to find sufficient funding for their start-ups. A relatively new way for companies to … German start-ups. The study conducted nine qualitative interviews with start-ups and crowdinvesting platforms. Its first … result is that German start-ups select crowdinvesting because (1) it is a funding opportunity and (2) it has an expected …

; innovation ; environmental innovation ; organizational change ; productivity …