Meuleman, Miguel; De Maeseneire, Wouter - In: Research Policy 41 (2012) 3, pp. 580-591
Many countries spend sizeable sums of public money on R&D grants to alleviate debt and equity gaps for small firms’ innovation projects. In making such awards, knowledgeable government officials may certify firms to private financiers. Using a unique Belgian dataset of 1107 approved requests...