One of the main objectives of the new European research and innovation policy agenda is to favour the positive demographics (creation and growth) of EU companies operating in new/knowledge-intensive industries, especially Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). These companies play an important...

The paper aims at extending the analysis of the firm's absorptive capacity (AC) by taking stock of its manifold nature. Innovation cooperation is recognised as one of its antecedents, along with R&D, but with different possible outcomes, depending on the kind of partner. Human capital is claimed...

This paper examines the links between innovation and productivity in service enterprises. For this purpose, we use micro data from the Community Innovation Survey 2008 in Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom, and estimate an augmented structural model. Our results indicate that innovation in...

Die Untersuchung beschäftigt sich mit den verschiedenen Indikatoren der Wirtschafts- und Konjunkturmessung in Europa. Es wird nach einer Möglichkeit gesucht, die führenden EU-Indikatoren zu modifizieren. Die Wirtschaftsindikatoren der EU sollen auf einheitlichen, harmonisierten Geschäfts-...