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 …

We develop a composite indicator measuring the performance of national innovation systems. The indicator takes into … of preconditions for innovation by managers. We apply the methodology to a set of 17 industrialized countries on a yearly … capital, trust and science and technology to achieve an assessment of a country's social climate for innovation. After …

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 …

&D performers predominantly to acquire complementary technological knowledge (HBA strategy) and to use their home … knowledge exchange between technologically similarly oriented locations. Hence, the increased attraction of foreign R …&D locations is no reason for concern regarding the perceived hollowing-out of the national innovation systems. Indeed, since the …