to become large firms and (global) leading R&D investors. Accordingly, a broad R&D and innovation (policy) strategy is … innovation-intensity across firm-sized classes. …

The objective of the study is to document the existence of innovation gaps between the EU and its main competitors in … government policies in Europe’s future needs for innovation in information and communication technologies (ICT) through a … comparison with the USA and Asian countries. Our analysis shows that rather than there being a simple innovation gap with the EU …

identification of a firm's minimum size, a threshold needed to formally protect an innovation by legal means. Below this minimum size …

and medium-sized enterprise (SME) adoption of social media technologies – and, in particular, how these technologies can …

This research investigates deals with the impact of various innovation activities on innovation output by using Spanish … innovation activities lead to differences in both the propensity to innovate and innovation output, depending on the … technological characteristics a firm has. In general, internal R&D leads to product innovation, while machinery acquisition leads to …

of technological competitiveness (based on innovation in products and markets) or cost competitiveness (relying on … innovation in processes and machinery) and their impact on economic performances. We propose models for the determinants of … Pavitt classes that group manufacturing and services industries with distinct patterns of innovation. Tests are carried out …

centred on the provision of assistance to Member States who joined in 2004, 2007 and 2013 in using innovation funding under … ESIFs via the early and effective implementation of RIS3 with the aim of closing the innovation gap and promote scientific …