The literature review showed that co-publications and co-patents are relevant proxies for international collaboration. Though publications are more frequently used than patents, not at least because private research collaborations and technological R&D may have additional outputs than only...

This third Progress Report of the FP7 SME Inter-service Task Force includes an analysis of SME participation rates across the themes of the Cooperation Programme in the first two full years of the Framework Programme (FP7). Statistical information is provided on the number of SMEs and the...

This study examines price setting behaviour of Italian firms on the basis of the results of a survey conducted by Banca du0092Italia in early 2003 on a sample of around 350 firms belonging to all economic sectors. Prices are mostly fixed following standard mark-up rules, although...