technology and innovation have created a plethora of new opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises. This paper …

firms' technology dimension using patent information, next to their position in product markets. This allows us to identify …&D projects changes hands in terms of technology novelty (what). The main results can be summarized as follows. First, most of the …

In this paper, we describe the historical co-evolution of innovation and economic growth in Germany since 1871. The … country's rise as an industrial power in the late 19th century, through its innovation and entrepreneurial performance, is … nevertheless a period during which innovation went into relative decline. We document this decline and offer four broad …

the first section of this review, I discuss these questions in light of six topics: the limited role for technology push … innovation incentives; the importance of market-oriented learning; and the localization of economic activity. Despite dramatic …