This paper analyzes the effects of fiscal incentives and public R&D subsidies on the level of R&D investment. The econometric model of R&D investment is estimated using an unbalanced panel sample of Spanish manufacturing firms in the period 1991-1999. Our results provide evidence that fiscal...

This paper explores the factors that influence the decision to apply R&D fiscal incentives in a sample of Spanish manufacturing firms. The observation that few innovative firms apply these incentives has motivated this analysis. We developed a model considering that behind the decision to use...

There is growing recognition that innovation plays a key role in enhancing competitiveness and enable emerging economies catch up with rich countries. In this sense, Mexico needs to strengthen its national innovation system (NIS) in order to create wealth and reduce poverty and inequality. This...

This essay aims to clarify the puzzle of new principles and techniques in the field of business management of innovation. These new principles and techniques were born in a widely-connected world with an increasing presence of startups and innovative companies in order to meet pervasive market...

This essay aims to clarify the puzzle of new principles and techniques in the field of business management of innovation. These new principles and techniques were born in a widely-connected world with an increasing presence of startups and innovative companies in order to meet pervasive market...

Este artículo muestra la relación existente entre las políticas de Ciencia y Tecnología (CyT) y los resultados que éstas han producido a través del gasto en CyT, como indicador de insumo, y de las publicaciones, como indicador producto. El documento describe el proceso histórico que ha...

El objetivo de este capítulo es crear las bases de unos indicadores y métodos de evaluación que logren la adecuada medición de cómo la investigación ha logrado transformar los procesos productivos, interviniendo en procesos de innovación. Para ello se describen distintos enfoques...

Current theories of the State would benefit from a new look at the economic role of the State in the work of the great economists of the 19th and 20th Centuries. Schumpeter’s central theme of technological innovation for long-term economic growth makes his work particularly interesting to...

El artìculo se centra en los impactos sociales de la investigación y en la medición de estos. El estudio del impacto de la actividad investigativa admite distintas secciones: las múltiples definiciones de los sistemas de investigación; la evaluación de impacto de la investigación; el...

It is widely recognized that universities and public research centers, hereinafter referred to public research organizations (PROs) are producers and transmitters of knowledge, and as such can make important contributions both to increase the economic performance of firms and to solve societal...