This paper discusses how to improve Canada’s business innovation in order to boost labour productivity and output … growth. Many general framework conditions are highly favourable to business risk-taking and innovation, including macro … should be on boosting manager and worker skills that are intrinsic to all forms of innovation, by filling gaps in training …

In this paper we overview a key national program that supports the development of new technology and innovation in … small, entrepreneurial firms. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was established by the Small Business … Innovation Development Act of 1982. We conclude from our years of study of the SBIR program that it is indeed bending the arc of …

The transition to a contemporary innovation model of economy, declared today as a key task for Russia is impossible … without the diversification of forms and mechanisms of involving government into innovation processes, which largely depends …

-owned firm and a male-owned firm, both conducting research funded by the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, will …

The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The … loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital expenditure for new products … and improved processes were cut substantially, R&D budgets basically remained unchanged. Firms with innovation and R …

The massive economic crisis 2008/09 had substantial impacts on the innovation activities of the German economy. The … loss in sales and profits resulted in a sharp decline of innovation expenditure. While capital expenditure for new products … and improved processes were cut substantially, R&D budgets basically remained unchanged. Firms with innovation and R …

This paper discusses the incentives for innovation when liability is limited or not. Clearly innovative activity …