Innovation in the European Union remains weak according to a number of key "input" indicators, especially R …'s innovation gap relative to the US results from an inappropriate industrial structure in which new firms do not play a significant … role, especially in new high-tech sectors. This view of a structural EU innovation deficit has many supporters. But it has …

Innovation in the European Union remains weak and there are relatively few signs of progress. In this policy …

innovation activities during periods of recession. We empirically analyse what general patterns can be distinguished in this …: some companies have recently reduced their innovation activities significantly, while others maintained them and a third … deceleration of R&D and innovation activities induced by the crisis, but the trend figures remain positive. Driven by the companies …

Latvian firms and enables them to increase employment and wages. Strong skills, high innovation capabilities and efficient … access to higher education, promoting innovation cooperation between Latvian firms and foreign research institutes, reducing …

different countries. Although many MNEs still exhibit an important ‘home bias’ in their global innovation activities, a growing … innovation linked to the prior waves of manufacturing offshoring? The fear in OECD economies is that because of co … loss of innovative capabilities (R&D, design, etc.) in the longer-term. The offshoring of R&D and innovation within GVCs …

well as intermediate) across borders. At the other side, Global Innovation Networks (GINs) refer to the transfers of …