of corporate R&D investment trends, drivers and impacts. This paper focuses on the main differences between the EU and … changes in the structure of the US economy than in the EU in the last two decades which in turn have favoured the growth in … the US of higher R&D-intensity sectors to a larger extent than in the EU; (b) younger and smaller-sized US companies are …

This paper examines whether there are differences in private R&D investment performance between the EU and the US and …, if so, why. The study is based on data from the 2008 EU Industrial R&D Investment Scoreboard. The investigation assesses … the EU is the result of sector specialisation (structural effect) the US has a stronger sectoral specialisation in the …