identification of a firm's minimum size, a threshold needed to formally protect an innovation by legal means. Below this minimum size …

The effect of the EU Research Framework Programme (FP) on European company innovation performance is analysed for the … have considered if the fund was not there. In addition, the FP programme increases collaboration with other innovation … simultaneously modelled when innovation performance is studied. To measure innovation performance, an input indicator (level of R …

investment in R&D is associated with the production of a higher quality or faster innovation, with a positive impact on sales and … in a macro sense, an increase of GDP. This paper raises the issue that good innovation need a strong marketing effort in … order for this innovation to have an impact on sales, it needs to be desired by consumers. This paper finds empirical …