reduction of entry barriers for start-ups and increasing high-skilled labour would contribute towards raising productivity and … come close to achieving the Lisbon productivity and knowledge-investment targets. Achieving US standards in all three areas … would reduce the productivity gap by about 50 percent. Improving the quality of tertiary education and increasing …

The literature has pointed to different causes to explain the productivity gap between Europe and United States in the … last decades. This paper tests the hypothesis that the lower European productivity performance in comparison with the US …&D investment into productivity gains. The proposed microeconometric estimates are based on a unique longitudinal database covering …

In der Forschung und der technologischen Entwicklung fällt die Europäische Union immer weiter gegen ihre … in den Bereichen der industriellen Forschung, Entwicklung und Innovation. Wie die Analyse zeigt, bleibt die sächsische …

In dieser Kurzstudie zu Forschung und Entwicklung (FuE) in Staat und Wirtschaft werden ausgewählte Kernindikatoren …

crucial for firm success. Existing research differentiates between the breadth (diversity) and depth (intensity) with which …-house R&D strengthens the depth of a firm's search strategy while external R&D activities (e.g. contract research) increase …

This report is an account of the relationship between the ERA development and German research and innovation policy (R …&I policy. In the last decade, and accelerated in the recent years, the European research policy and subsequently the innovation … the path-breaking ERA process (research) and the Lisbon strategy (growth). This report addresses these developments by …

The literature on economic growth has identified knowledge expansion as a key propellant. Early research derived this …