There is no shortage of dialogues and commentaries extolling the need for more innovation to regenerate sagging … national productivity growth. However, hard evidence on whether or not innovation makes a difference is largely absent because … changes that were new to the firm, rather than new to the world. Over and above innovation, we also test for whether …

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … terms of gains for innovation performance, but also show that collaboration has decreasing and even negative returns on … product innovation if its intensity increases above a certain threshold. In particular, costs start outweighing benefits if a …

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … collaborative R&D projects in total R&D projects is associated with a higher probability of product innovation and with a higher … market success of new products. While we can confirm previous findings in terms of gains for innovation performance, we also …

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 …

innovation premium among large firms. A battery of tests shows that this innovation premium among small firms is explained by … that attribute higher returns to innovation to investor underreaction. We argue that an innovation premium exists among … small firms, but not large firms, because small innovators focus more on risky product innovation and rely more on …

In this article we investigate the determinants of SMEs Innovation in Europe. We use data from the European Innovation …

In his recent discussion of regional innovation systems (RIS), Philip Cooke outlines the two starkly different … interpretations of regional innovation systems. (Regional Innovation Systems, Asymmetric Knowledge and the Legacies of Learning, Draft … 2007). He notes in his review, "Clearly, there are two kinds of regional innovation occurring in these examples. The first …

investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and … jobs. While Ireland has made good progress towards building up its scientific capabilities, innovation capacity remains … weaker than in other small advanced OECD countries, such as Austria, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland. To become more …

The innovation and proprietary knowledge nowadays represent a basis for new competitive strategies of the companies. In … primarily focused on assessing the relationship between innovation and patent propensity of SMEs. More precisely, the … patents upon the SMEs innovation. In this context, the paper encompasses an analysis of several relevant factors such as: the …