and evolutionary economics and the endogeneous growth literature highlight the role of innovation activities in enabling … market share, is postulated to depend on indicators of firms' innovation behaviour such as improvements in cost …

be open-minded and need to establish a risk- and innovation-friendly culture within their organization. Start-ups should … from higher competitiveness through the innovation impulses they receive from start-ups. …

A strong innovation performance based on R&D, product development and the implementation of advanced production … offshoring on R&D and innovation activities of the firm in the home country. The analysis is based on a dataset of more than 3000 … manufacturing firms from seven European countries. We employ propensity score matching to compare R&D and innovation activities of …

This contribution focuses on the heterogeneity in innovation capacity within Europe across its different Member States … crisis affected this trend of convergence? We then take a look at the research and innovation policies which the EU countries … have in place and try to assess whether these policies match with the heterogeneous EU countries' innovation capacity …

The bulk of innovation subsidies in Finland are allocated to firms in industries where the employment share of … among young firms. At the firm level, an increase in innovation subsidies is typically associated with an inflow of … innovators from high-productivity firms. These findings suggest that innovation subsidies contribute to economic renewal and the …