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 …