We analyze the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity in MSMEs with a special focus on micro firms with fewer … the probability of reporting innovation, with a larger effect size for product than for process innovations. Moreover …, micro firms benefit in a comparable way from innovation processes as larger firms, as they are similarly able to increase …

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 …

EPO Worldwide Patent Statistical Database PATSTAT. Based on the final dataset, covering about 1,700 world’s top corporate … R&D investors and their patenting activity, we find that about one-fifth focus their patent-relevant R&D activity in …-based technological advantages to expand their market penetration (HBE strategy). With patent data from the late 2010s, we find a further …

firms' technology dimension using patent information, next to their position in product markets. This allows us to identify …

the cause for higher return rates in the sense of both the monopoly-based and the innovation-based explanations is not …

the outputs of SMEs' innovative activities-i.e., product innovations and patent applications-enhance exporting propensity … regional innovation systems. -- Export ; innovation ; location ; manufacturing SMEs ; selective relocation abroad …

nonmember countries during 2000 and 2004. A unique dataset was compiled that matches patent applications at the European Patent …