Europe#s innovation potential is currently dominated by well-established large companies. In most member countries the … be the driving force behind radical innovation which will be a source of employment and growth in future. In addition … regard to the contribution of SMEs and young firms to innovation. The central question of the paper is whether SMEs and young …

such innovations affect performance. To analyse the relationship between green innovation and performance, new industry … not sufficient to allow the green invention activities of industries to rise considerably. -- innovation ; R&D ; patents …

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 …