innovation, return on R&D and economic performance. The study, based on 1,907 firm level observations, essentially compare a … functional urban region with innovation-proximity characteristics. The paper examines systematically the influence of location … significantly larger likelihood than other firms of being engaged in innovation activities. Second, among innovative firms, the R …

The availability of new internationally-harmonized innovation survey data collected from OECD countries has created … some interesting opportunities for studying the following two key areas: (1) the determinants of innovation behavior at … firm level, and (2) innovation as an important factor contributing to the economic growth. This paper looks at the …