obstacles and consequences. For the purpose of this paper, innovation has served as a major contributor for the previously … and explores those innovation determinants that have been detected by region. The analysis defines a set of regionalized … firms' behavioural patterns towards innovation. Methodologically, the Logistic Biplot is applied to an extended sample of …

measurement challenges for economists concerned with understanding their precise impact on economic growth. Measuring … and driving innovation and productivity. The next chapters turn the focus on specific challenges entrepreneurs face and … how they have varied over time, including over business cycles. The final chapters explore core measurement issues, with a …

the relation between the introduction of innovation and subsequent firm growth in terms of sales. Recent contributions … examining the returns to innovation on firm performance have stressed the need of going beyond the analysis of the "average … adopt quantile treatment effects (QTE) which allow to estimate the effect of the introduction of innovation by comparing …

deemed to be of particular importance for entrepreneurship, innovation-based firm growth and its ensuing impact on the …, considerable differences remain. These constitute the basis for the concluding policy discussion. -- Entrepreneurship ; Innovation …