In Germany there is considerably less innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) than in large companies …. The government's arrangements for promoting innovation provide only a limited corrective here, not least because they are … on R&D. If the EU's target of raising innovation intensity to 3 percent of GDP is to be achieved, however, policymakers …

zuletzt 3,2 Prozent mehr als halbiert hat und die Unternehmen beim Streben nach Innovation zunehmend alleinlässt. … comprehensive weakness of innovation in eastern Germany is the economic area of Jena. Over the course of time, the differences … innovation go hand in hand with a dearth of innovative start-ups and patent applications and slow progress towards Industry 4 …