This paper simultaneously explores the firm-level relationships between R&D investments, innovation, training … investments, quality and firm performance. It offers empirical evidence on how innovation, training and quality affect firm … the French innovation survey combined with firm-level register data. This allows us to consider a number of training and …

Public Technology Procurement and Innovation studies public technology procurement as an instrument of innovation … research literature on the economics of innovation. Similarly, preoccupation with `supply-side' measures has led policy … obstacles to the use of public technology procurement as a means of stimulating and supporting technological innovation …