to provide theoretical and empirical perspectives on innovation which give a greater role to the demand-side aspect of … innovation. The main question is how can policy make enterprises more willing to innovate? This task is fulfilled by identifying … what we consider the central or most salient aspect of a demand-side innovation- driven economy, which is the small and …

To tackle the European Union's innovation system weaknesses in the commercialization of the research results, in 2009 … the European Commission (EC) has launched an open call for the creation of 2-3 Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs …), the operative level of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). KICs are innovation ecosystems made of …

innovation and a private sector, for-profit business model that implements the ideas on innovation and entrepreneurship … supportive of the European model of innovation, which is more communal, collaborative, and collectivist in its implementation … than the current U. S. model of innovation. The U. S. model is more individualistic, and features rewards to innovation …

to provide theoretical and empirical perspectives on innovation which give a greater role to the demand-side aspect of … innovation. The main question is how can policy make enterprises more willing to innovate? This task is fulfilled by identifying … what we consider the central or most salient aspect of a demand-side innovation-driven economy, which is the small and …

innovation and other aspects of firm performance. They suggest that private VC tends to have larger effects than government VC …

Using a comprehensive database of European firms, we study how private equity affects the rate of firm entry. We find … that private equity investment benefits new business incorporation, especially in industries with naturally higher entry … variation in entry between high-entry and low-entry industries. We address endogeneity by exploiting data on laws that regulate …

strong performance in technological innovation. …

It is imperative that the economies of the European Union become more entrepreneurial to promote innovation and … to promote entrepreneurship, innovation and growth …