The study of the determinants of innovation processes has received great attention in both the economics and the … technological innovation - namely, product and process innovations - focusing on Italian manufacturing small and medium sized firms … successful technological innovation. Overall, results suggest that technological innovation in manufacturing SMEs is mainly …

Italy has yet to recover from the economic consequences of the financial and sovereign debt crisis that began more than … driving growth across the EU, such as knowledge-intensive services, are instead stagnating in Italy. Previous structural … an efficient innovation system or substantial R&D investments, were ignored. Going forward, governmental reforms should …