), allows for causal interpretation of the relationship between innovation output and labor productivity. We find that knowledge … intensive services benefit from innovation activities in the sense that these activities causally increase their labor …

conditions in the context of other framework conditions for innovation. In Germany, there is a diversity of overall well …-funded technology-neutral and technology-specific programs providing grants to R&D and innovation projects. Different types of SMEs … access public funding for R&D and innovation activities to varying degrees. Using an extensive sample of 2,700 German SMEs …

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

and R&D support measures, and we survey the industrial actors they can encourage to pursue innovation. While deployment … innovation incentives, and R&D support has been comparatively weak. The paper concludes with a discussion of the opportunities … for global policy coordination. -- Photovoltaics ; Technology Policy ; Innovation ; Investment Support …

goal of this study is to investigate whether there are any differences in R&D and innovation behavior between established … engage in R&D and innovation activities more frequently than companies whose genesis was of another type. Nevertheless, the … cooperating in various fields may be of different importance for specific inputs and outputs of the innovation activity. Finally …

technology affects the efficiency and productivity in innovation of technology acquiring firms. Using the stochastic frontier … analysis combined with a difference-in-difference matching approach and firm-level panel from the German Innovation Survey for … external R&D in innovation production, which is attributed by increasing returns to R&D scale and increasing technical …

in renewable electricity generation as well as increasing renewable energy innovation and foreign knowledge accumulation … innovation effects steaming from both importing countries and China. We use a panel dataset representing annual bilateral trade … evidence that bilateral knowledge transfer and indigenous innovation affect exports. -- China ; Gravity model ; Trade …

technologies or sectors (inter-sectoral spillovers), or at the international level. We find that innovation is strongly driven by … knowledge spillovers, especially those occurring at the national level. Wind and solar technologies exhibit distinct innovation … only influential in the case of wind technology. We also find evidence that public R&D stimulates innovation, particularly …

. Though concentrating solar power is receiving growing interest, innovation studies so far have explored innovative activity … more activity - a pattern closely resembling the R&D support path. R&D and innovation are concentrated in few high …-tech countries - such as the U.S. or Germany. Large CSP potential is not a sufficient condition for innovation, only developed …