Europe#s innovation potential is currently dominated by well-established large companies. In most member countries the … be the driving force behind radical innovation which will be a source of employment and growth in future. In addition … regard to the contribution of SMEs and young firms to innovation. The central question of the paper is whether SMEs and young …

innovation. The dataset is complemented with indicators of patent quality (patent renewal, forward citations, and patent family … commercialized as well as whether this commercialization was profitable or not. Thus, this patent database measures technological …

for policy advice, this paper empirically identifies DUI mode drivers of SME innovation. For the first time, a large set … predicting SME innovation depends on both the region and the type of innovation output. SME innovation in lagging regions is … suggest that R&D capacity is not the only main driver of SME innovation, especially in lagging regions, and therefore provide …

Measuring patent value is an important goal of scholars in both patent law and patent economics. However, doing so … that patents themselves are complex documents that are difficult even for patent experts to interpret. In addition, issued … patents are the result of an often long and complicated negotiation between applicant and patent office (in the United States …

“Integrated system for innovation management in SMEs”, code PN-II-PT-PCCA-2013-4-1319, under way at the Business Administration … Romanian SMEs in adopting the open innovation principles. In order to reach this objective, the authors analysed the available … statistical data for the period 2002-2012 concerning the trend of the SMEs’ weight in the total innovation businesses compared to …

The 'doing-using-interacting mode' of innovation (DUI) is considered an important component of innovative activity. It … describes informal innovative activities and thus complements the 'science-technology-innovation mode' (STI) based on research … DUI mode and how they should be measured. Based upon 81 in-depth interviews with German SMEs and regional innovation …

financial crisis 2008/2009 on their business customers’ innovation activity. Using a matched bank-firm data set for Germany, we … find that having relations with a more severely affected bank seriously hampers firms’ current innovation activities due to … initiate new product and process innovations and to reallocate human resources to innovation during the financial crisis. …

The 'doing-using-interacting mode' of innovation (DUI) is considered an important component of innovative activity. It … describes informal innovative activities and complements the 'science-technology-innovation mode' (STI) which is based on … research and development. A common demarcation criterion between both modes of innovation is the relevance of experiencebased …

Innovation is key to boosting Australia’s productivity and inclusiveness. This paper examines the policies that create … good conditions for innovation, not only in science and technology but also wider forms, such as business-model innovation …’s numerous innovation-related SME support schemes are uncertain. Federal and state governments are taking a positive approach to …