Introduction / David D. Dill, Frans A. Van Vught -- Australia / V. Lynn Meek, Leo Goedegebuure, Jeannet Van Der Lee -- Canada / Donald Fisher, Kjell Rubenson -- Japan / Akira Arimoto -- The European Union / Frans A. Van Vught -- Finland / Seppo Hölttä -- Germany / Jürgen Enders -- The...

Increasing investment in innovation has been a major goal of research and innovation policy in Europe over the past decade. Yet to secure competitive advantage and achieve growth, R&D investment has to be translated into successful innovations, and this is first and foremost the task of firms....

The study aims at estimating the effects of support for research and development and innovation from the European Union (EU) budget for boosting innovation in European enterprises, using input, output, and behavioral additionality approach. The study is based on microdata of the Community...