Concerns have been raised that demographic ageing may weaken the competitiveness of knowledge-based economies and … Germany using a flexible knowledge production function and accounting for potential endogeneity of the regional workforce … presence of older workers as younger and older workers turn out to be complements in the production of knowledge. With …

innovation: regulations, R&D subsidies and knowledge infrastructure (i.e. basic research at universities). We synthesize the … procurement and knowledge spillovers from universities propel innovation success equally. In a second step, we explore whether …Public procurement has been at the centre of recent discussions on innovation policy on both European and national …

recipients' investment is less sensitive to internal liquidity. -- Research and development ; liquidity constraints ; innovation …

"Research on the effects of patent protection on innovation and technology transfer in the cross-country pharmaceutical … industry adds to our understanding of the underlying forces driving a country's innovation level. Qian (2007) constructs a … not stimulate domestic innovation, as estimated by the US patent awards (both raw counts and citation-weighted) and …

the evaluations were done at the recipient (firm) level using data from innovation surveys, industrial surveys, and …&D intensity. In addition, participation in TDF induces a more proactive attitude of beneficiary firms towards innovation …