Venture capital has become a dominant form of innovation finance, used by many high-tech startups. Europe lags the U … theory to show why employee stock options are a suitable solution to agency and incentive problems in this sector. A major …

national innovation systems. We conclude with a broad consideration of what these may be for the varied and variably developed … business innovation capabilities found across the EU. …

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

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 …

Rahmen die teilnehmenden Mitgliedstaaten mit eigenen Mitteln Forschung und Innovation privater Unternehmen in den eigenen … to subsidise the research and innovation of private companies. This paper addresses the question to what extent does … IPCEI contribute to a better innovation climate. The paper argues that Germany does not need IPCEI. More than direct …

One of the main objectives of the new European research and innovation policy agenda is to favour the positive … presents a literature review on the economics of research, innovation and competitiveness, focusing on the evidence available … regarding the determinants for company creation and growth and the role played by Research, Development (R&D) and innovation …

Private innovative activities receive public innovation support from different political levels. Few studies have … empirically evaluated the influence of political systems on the reception of public innovation support and no other studies have … evaluated innovation support across Europe with CIS data. This paper analyses the differences between federal, semi-federal and …

We analyse the relationship between the composition of innovation partnerships and the potential of their innovations … (FP7), the European Union's Research and Innovation funding programme for 2007-2013. Innovation potential is assessed … using a formal framework capturing three different dimensions: innovation readiness, management and market potential. Both …

manufacturing SMEs. By focussing on self-reported innovation the study achieves a wider coverage of the effects of SME innovation …. Combining these two results and comparing the outlays on SME innovation policy with the estimated effects suggests that policy …This paper assesses UK innovation policy impact on a large, population weighted, sample of both service and …