This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and economic growth in the European Union. We … identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into economic growth. In an empirical … investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance is conducive to economic …

„A Innovation Union” is, in fact, a Commission Communication to the European Parliament, Council, Economic and Social … Committee and the Committee of Regions. Considered as emblematic for Europe 2020 initiative, „A Innovation Union” drawes the … lines of a genuine structural reforms in financing the sector of research, development, innovation. A Innovation Union” is …

Research on the impact of innovation on regional economic performance in Europe has fundamentally followed three … and efficiency of regional innovation systems; and c) the examination of geographical diffusion of regional knowledge … one model R&D, spillovers, and innovation systems approaches. A multiple regression analysis is conducted for all regions …

innovation output and economic growth for regions of the European Union from 1990-2002. Using several measures of social capital … and innovation, and the European Union’s Objective 1, 2 and 5b figures for EU regional support, the estimates suggest that …

In the EU, a sizable part of innovation is attributed to the activities other than R&D such as purchases of advanced … machinery, licenses, patents and minor modifications in products or processes. These non-R&D innovation activities receive … equilibrium model RHOMOLO to evaluate the ex-ante short and long run economic impacts of 2014-2020 non-R&D innovation subsidies …

important role on innovation activity. In this paper we investigate the relative importance of institutional variation across … European countries in explaining differences in their innovation intensity at the industry level. We employ a novel indicator … of innovation therefore circumventing the limitations of more traditional indicators. Our results are broadly consistent …

In the contemporary knowledge-based society, innovation, as a vector used for the application and promotion of … points out the main directions which the European Commission aims to develop in the sphere of innovation, within the context … of the Initiative: “A Union of Innovation”, which is part of the Europe 2020 Strategy. The paper analyses the …

member states must be based on increased efforts in competitiveness, employment, innovation, and assistance for small and … arrangements are examined in detail. In addition, more emphasis must be put on innovation, as it plays a crucial role for economic …

and variables that characterize territorial innovation. Innovation conditions the growth of the regional economy and its … development of the EU regions (HDI), the clusters of regions in terms of innovation, and to examine the relationships between the … level of development of the regions of European countries and the studied elements of innovation, by using statistical …

interaction among firm-level internationalization, innovation and productivity across seven European countries (Austria, France …-level characteristics across countries and sectors. We also find that the positive correlation between internationalization and innovation … internationalization goes beyond export and because, in the medium to long term, internationalization is likely driven by innovation. We …