"In order to understand collaborative research activity in the United States, it is important to understand the contextual environment in which firms pursue a collaborative research strategy. The U.S. environment for formal collaborative research was established through a number of policy...

The Japanese government in 1995 initiated a publicpolicy that sought to support innovative small and medium enterprises (SMEs) inJapan. This law was amended in 1999, with a clear mission to support SMEs forgreater economic viability. This law provides for innovative SMEs to receivefinancial...

This study analyses the effectiveness of targeted public support for R&D investment. In particular, we test whether the specific policy design aiming at incentivizing (international) collaboration and R&D in small and mediumsized firms achieves the desired objectives on input as well as output...