With sound framework conditions, fine universities, good infrastructure and policies friendly towards foreign direct investment, Ireland scores high in international innovation scoreboards. Overall, policies to boost innovation and entrepreneurship are on the right track, but investment in...

Financing constraints have been discussed as a major obstacle to innovation. Small and medium-sized enterprises and start-ups are particularly concerned by such impediments. Venture capital has emerged as a partial solution in some countries, but is only available for start-up firms with major...

China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...

As regards the performance required for the development of the knowledge-based society, we view industrial property as an important level in this context. Therefore, in this paper we present (on a comparative basis) the system of industrial property rights and their protection in the European...

In modern times, when progress is made through knowledge and knowledge is predominantly produced/used, industrial property rights, their protection and related specialized institutions play a stimulating role. Therefore, this paper presents first the requirements for stimulating scientific and...

As regards the performance required for the development of the knowledge-based society, we view industrial property as an important level in this context. Therefore, in this paper we present (on a comparative basis) the system of industrial property rights and their protection in the European...

In modern times, when progress is made through knowledge and knowledge is predominantly produced/used, industrial property rights, their protection and related specialized institutions play a stimulating role. Therefore, this paper presents first the requirements for stimulating scientific and...

In modern times, when progress is made through knowledge and knowledge is predominantly produced/used, industrial property rights, their protection and related specialized institutions play a stimulating role. Therefore, this paper presents first the requirements for stimulating scientific and...

As regards the performance required for the development of the knowledge-based society, we view industrial property as an important level in this context. Therefore, in this paper we present (on a comparative basis) the system of industrial property rights and their protection in the European...

The present study presents several requirements for stimulating the scientific and technological creation and innovation in the European research area.