innovation. …

A functional review by the World Bank of Romania's research, development and innovation (RD&I) sector has been … World Bank Higher Education Review team and the EC's DG Research and Innovation -- presents observations and recommendations …

"Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. The authors …

SME growth performance and productivity is currently poor, and these related challenges must be simultaneously addressed … finance contributes significantly to SME performance in terms of employment, sales, and investment. Specific interventions in … the form of credit guarantees and credit line financing of financial institutions dedicated to support SME financial …

"Greece and Italy initiated efforts to improve public debt management and develop their domestic debt markets …-term institutional investors. The transition required moving gradually to medium-term instruments, experimenting with innovation, and …

logistics sector in Greece and to develop policy recommendations. The World Bank is carrying out the project at the request of … a technical assistance package provided by the World Bank Group to the Government of Greece on enhancing the business … environment and trade logistics. The package has been facilitated by the Task Force for Greece (TFGR, an arm of the European …

"Using a new global data base on patents and innovation inputs, the authors examine the process of knowledge creation … developing countries by testing for the impact of measures of the functioning of the national innovation system-the set of …