three decades. While the US economy has also faced challenges, its technology, R&D, and innovation sectors have …'s economic dynamism. By addressing these areas, Europe can create a more favourable environment for business growth, innovation …

external finance, to identify a causal effect of bank credit supply on firm investment in innovation. We show that firms that … growth rate of R&D spending, as well as lower R&D intensity and share of R&D investment in total investment during periods of …

The European Regional Development Fund devoted around 66 billion Euros to the financial support of innovation and … the Operational Programmes dedicated to fostering research and innovation, particularly in small and medium …, suggesting that further funding should be channelled for leveraging research and innovation in the former regions. Finally …

mission into their investment policy. Despite the growing popularity of this concept it still greatly lacks a scientific … investment- and grantmaking policy. Further, in the framework of a meta-analysis, this article compares recently published data …