particular emphasis on product quality, innovation and skills. The firm-level case studies support the conclusions arising from … the aggregate analysis. Germany spends more on product quality enhancing activities such as R&D and investment in the … and innovation arising from UK R&D is of a high but, compared to their German counterparts, UK firms often fail to …

-income destinations. Second, there is a negative correlation between firms' innovation activity and their export share to low …

different components of the labour force on innovation at the sectoral level between 1994 and 2005. The authors focus, in … determinants of innovation, such as R&D investments, stock of patents and openness to trade. To address possible endogeneity of … accordingly. Our results show that highly-educated migrants have a positive effect on innovation even if the effect is smaller …

purpose, we use micro data from the Community Innovation Surveys 2006-2008 in Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom and … Germany and the United Kingdom), foreign ownership (Ireland), exporting and engagement in co-operation for innovation …We examine the links between innovation investment, innovation output and productivity in service enterprises. For this …

micro data from the Community Innovation Survey 2008 in Germany, Ireland and the United Kingdom, and estimate an augmented …This paper examines the links between innovation and productivity in service enterprises. For this purpose, we use … structural model. Our results indicate that innovation in service enterprises is linked to higher productivity. In all three …

The creation of value through innovation is among the defining traits of new technology-driven ventures. In this paper …. On average, for every Euro of EIF-supported VC financing, start-ups generated 2.74 Euro of private innovation value. …