What drives innovation? How does it contribute to the growth of firms, industries, and economies? And do intellectual … property rights help or hurt innovation and growth? Uniquely combining microeconomics, macroeconomics, and theory with … to the complex process of innovation. By addressing all the major dimensions of innovation in a single text, Christine …

This paper focuses on investment in research and development as a factor of labour productivity and economic growth … productivity (expressed in the number of hours worked) based on selected data for EU Member States in the period 1995-2013. A … development (2.85% of EU GDP) maximising productivity (per hour of work) was determined based on the examined data. In accordance …