In this paper, we aim at re-assessing the undisputed positive relationship between innovation and economic growth by … questioning the view that R&D (and formal knowledge in general) equates innovation and innovation equates regional growth. We … several knowledge and innovation indicators, ranging from R&D expenditures, patent data, to newly released data on different …

environment favourable to competition, innovation and technology transfer. For Western Europe, it was increasing trade and … that state industrial policy in Europe after 1945 had been always one of the most controversial policy fields and that its … enormous differences between nations and regions in Europe, even when they had to face similar challenges. The paradigm shift …

in the overall economic trends in Europe in a regional context. In addition, in influence of innovation on the …) competitiveness, innovation "smart growth" in the Lisbon and Euro 2020 strategy seems to have a build in effect toward economic …

The paper examines the long-run relationship between innovation and per capita economic growth in the 19 European … countries over the period 1989–2014. This study uses six different indicators of innovation: patents-residents, patents … cointegration technique, the study finds evidence of long-run relationship between innovation and per capita economic growth in most …