Research and development is seen as a key contributor to growth because it generates knowledge, leading to new or … 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 …

highly-developed innovation profiles. Analysis of the prerequisites for knowledge-based growth indicates that transition … eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia, in order to identify which countries have established a knowledge-based growth … by the working paper measure up according to traditional innovation input and output indicators. But the major part of …

and in knowledge-intensive service industries make a larger direct contribution to employment than start-ups affiliated … with other industries. We also find a relatively strong overall effect of new business formation in knowledge …

classes across all sectors and all EU member states, the authors identify different innovation profiles based on a firm’s R …&D investment and/or innovation activities. Basic firms - i.e. firms that do not engage in any type of R&D or innovation - are more … market. To further explore why young SMEs are not more active in innovation, the authors explore their access to finance. It …