Das ifo Institut führt sein 1979 in der deutschen Industrie eine Befragung über deren Innovationsaktivitäten durch, die als Entscheidungshilfe für Wirtschaft und Politik dienen soll. Als Testergebnisse der Jahre 1990-1997 werden dabei zunächst Innovationsschwerpunkte, -ziele und -hemmnisse...

This paper re-visits the empirical failure to establish a clear link between R&D efforts and patent counts at the industry level. It is claimed that the "propensity-to-patent" concept should be split into an "appropriability propensity" and a "strategic propensity". The empirical contribution is...

Venture capital is considered to be the most appropriate form of financing for innovative firms in high-tech sectors. We provide an assessment of venture capital looking at the involvement of venture capital with some of Europe's most innovative and successful companies: those listed on Europe's...