This paper compares the role of innovation and economic performance across European and Latin American countries, using … linking R&D intensity, innovation and productivity. We find evidences revealing structural differences between regions, but … also presence of heterogeneity within regions. In particular, firms tend to face innovation activities to achieve a better …

(RDI) activities. Insights are mainly drawn from interviews made to innovation representatives and managers of large R …&D-investing companies in 2017 in the frame of the European Commission's project - Industrial Research and Innovation Monitoring and Analysis …&D investors in order to better characterize the on-going fragmentation of R&D and innovation activities. The study suggests …