Productive development policies (PDPs)-what used to be called industrial policies-are increasingly recognized as an essential part of the development toolkit, and the need for public-private cooperation is increasingly viewed as a key element for the successful design and implementation of such...

Financial constraints can severely limit the development of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) and are very likely to affect innovative firms. In order to lower the barriers to firm growth, in 2014 the European Commission introduced the SME Instrument with the specific aim to support...

Direct public support for business R&D is a well-established remedy to market failures, yet empirical evidence on its effectiveness yields conflicting results. The paper investigates the impact of the first European public R&D grant program targeting small and medium enterprises (i.e. the SME...

The article is devoted to the problems of development small innovative enterprises – start-ups. The most successful experience of the creation and development of start-up companies in Poland, Slovenia and Czechia, including the programs of their support are investigated. It was concluded on...

We analyse the relationship between the composition of innovation partnerships and the potential of their innovations developed within EU-funded research projects under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7), the European Union's Research and Innovation...

Ein Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) ist ein staatliches Förderprogramm in der EU, in dessen Rahmen die teilnehmenden Mitgliedstaaten mit eigenen Mitteln Forschung und Innovation privater Unternehmen in den eigenen Grenzen unterstützen können. Die zentrale Frage, die sich...

The granting of publicly subsidized joint projects has become a popular policy instrument in Germany and other developed countries. However, little is known about how an emerging subsidization network affects the overall allocation process of further project grants. Employing a database that...

Ein Important Project of Common European Interest (IPCEI) ist ein staatliches Förderprogramm in der EU, in dessen Rahmen die teilnehmenden Mitgliedstaaten mit eigenen Mitteln Forschung und Innovation privater Unternehmen in den eigenen Grenzen unterstützen können. Die zentrale Frage, die sich...

A creative economy requires innovation-friendly conditions. Korea’s innovation system should be improved by upgrading universities and expanding their role in business R&D, while increasing international collaboration in R&D from its current low level. The returns from Korea’s large...