This study analyzes the effects of public R&D policy schemes on the innovation activities of firms located in Eastern … their innovation activities by about four percentage points. …

This paper investigates the impact of Public Procurement of Innovation (PPI) and Research and Development (R&D) grants …’ awareness against a blanket increase in innovation policies without considering potential interactions. …

Public procurement accounts for 15 to 20 percent of global GDP and is considered an effective innovation policy …

public procurement tenders. However, there is no direct or broad empirical evidence on its innovation impact. There are even … doubts about its effectiveness as an innovation policy tool, as it does not require innovations as part of its contracts and …

impact of public technology policies on innovation of firms located in Eastern Germany. The main question is whether public … funding stimulates innovation activities or whether crowding-out effects between public and private means occur. A … companies would have invested remarkably less if they had not participated in public innovation policy schemes. …