international competition, goes through innovation. This enables companies to adapt quickly to the pace of the technological change …, in order to increase competitiveness. This article aims to test the links between innovation and competitiveness having … considered the results of the performance evaluation models in matters of innovation and competitiveness for different countries …

results show that policies that stimulate environmental R & D, technological innovation and diffusion may provide firms with …, such a policy, based both on R & D subsidies and on innovation incentives, may not worsen the public-sector budget balance …