The Working Paper analyses the performances of the Walloon innovation system in 2008. This analysis concentrates on the … six dimensions of the innovation system: knowledge development, human resources, R&D exploitation, innovation absorption … Walloon innovation system with the performances of innovation systems of other countries and regions in Europe. They were …

Many economic studies have examined the conditions under which innovation occurs in Canadian firms. We take the …: communication, financial services and technical business services. The data come from the 1996 innovation survey conducted by … Statistics Canada. The first objective of this paper is to explain why firms perceive the obstacles to innovation differently. We …

The purpose of this paper is to propose a composite innovation indicator derived from an econometric prediction of the … likelihood of innovating and of the amount of innovation performed by a particular firm, given information on its characteristics … the Community Innovation Surveys. It combines qualitative and quantitative data. It allows the comparison of …