One of the main objectives of the new European research and innovation policy agenda is to favour the positive … presents a literature review on the economics of research, innovation and competitiveness, focusing on the evidence available … regarding the determinants for company creation and growth and the role played by Research, Development (R&D) and innovation …

' innovation performance. In addition, it specifically analyses whether a firm's size affects the amount spent on design and the … return in terms of innovation output to this activity. In doing so, it partly compensates for the lack of empirical evidence …

This paper examines the outsourcing of research and development and of innovation activities in small and medium … crucial to manage them properly. As SMEs generally lack internal resources to perform R&D and innovation activities internally … outsourcing R&D and innovation activities in SMEs, based on a survey among Slovenian companies in the manufacturing and service …