Over the last decade Mexico has implemented a variety of policies to support business innovation. Support instruments have included direct subsidies to firms in the framework of competitive calls and R&D tax credit schemes. Specific policies have aimed at supporting public-private partnerships...

From research and development to legal and marketing services, a wide range of knowledge-intensive service activities (KISAs) enables firms and public sector organisations to better innovate. KISAs are both sources and carriers of knowledge that influence and improve the performance of...

Das vorliegende Buch untersucht die Finanzierung neuer Privatunternehmen in den Transformationsländern. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei kleine und mittelständische Unternehmen und ihre Möglichkeiten auf den Kapitalmärkten. Ob und in welchem Umfang der Staat diesen Unternehmen durch Kredite und...

Most IEA countries are liberalising their electricity markets, shifting the responsibility for financing new investment in power generation to private investors. No longer able to automatically pass on costs to consumers, and with future prices of electricity uncertain, investors face a much...