the Operational Programmes dedicated to fostering research and innovation, particularly in small and medium …, suggesting that further funding should be channelled for leveraging research and innovation in the former regions. Finally … number of researchers working in improved research infrastructures and promoting the technology transfer between research …

Empirical research conducted on economic sectors in the U.S., Germany, Australia and Scotland has shown that factors … such as age, size, location, legal form, and industry are related to business growth rates. Much of this research has … factors that are found to be significant. This article uses Swedish data to replicate the previous research while using a …