classes across all sectors and all EU Member States, we identify different innovation profiles based on a firm's R …&D investment and/or innovation activities. We find that "basic" firms - i.e. firms that do not engage in any type of R&D or … innovation - are more common among young SMEs, while innovators - i.e. firms that do R&D and introduce new products, processes or …

The EU's stagnation on many innovation indicators led to a number of efforts to spur a turnaround. One of most visible … innovation. But does this strategy address the right issues to promote innovation? Is Horizon 2020 right to ignore geographical … Horizon 2020 actually having on innovation in the EU? …