innovation projects. Findings: The literature provides ambiguous support for the general claim that SME's should be more … procurement of innovation policies. The case study findings suggest that few of the challenges innovating SME's are facing would … be ameliorated by developing public procurement of innovation policies specifically targeting SME promotion. Research …

technology and business innovation in relation to basic technology and business innovation models as a contribution to less … on sustainable technology and business innovation. …

classes across all sectors and all EU Member States, we identify different innovation profiles based on a firm's R …&D investment and/or innovation activities. We find that "basic" firms - i.e. firms that do not engage in any type of R&D or … innovation - are more common among young SMEs, while innovators - i.e. firms that do R&D and introduce new products, processes or …

seen as an attractive and feasible instrument for furthering the goals of innovation policy. However, public procurement is … innovation draws upon a limited set of examples which are not representative of the bulk of public purchasing and tend to … the nature of innovations and in the range of ways that procurement can impact upon innovation. A one-size-fits-all model …