innovation. The dataset is complemented with indicators of patent quality (patent renewal, forward citations, and patent family …

Economics and innovation scholars have long recognized the potential of public procurement to trigger innovation. To …? This paper addresses these issues by providing a literature survey of research on public procurement of innovation (PPI …: i) Does PPI spur innovation? ii) How should PPI be designed to best spur innovation? iii) What are the main barriers to …

In the literature, it is widely discussed whether the pharmaceutical industry is going through an innovation crisis …

Several studies have highlighted information and communications technology (ICT) as a driver of firm productivity in … ultimately affect innovation and productivity in Uruguayan service firms compared to manufacturing firms. The results show that …-technological (e.g., organizational or marketing) innovations. ICT and other innovation investments are positively associated with …

– soliciting a particular technology – or a bottom-up approach in which innovators suggest ideas. This paper examines a reform to … the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program that transitioned from "Conventional topics," which … solicit specific technologies, to "Open topics," which invite firms to suggest any new technology that may be useful to the …

recipients' investment is less sensitive to internal liquidity. -- Research and development ; liquidity constraints ; innovation …

This paper discusses how to improve Canada’s business innovation in order to boost labour productivity and output … growth. Many general framework conditions are highly favourable to business risk-taking and innovation, including macro … should be on boosting manager and worker skills that are intrinsic to all forms of innovation, by filling gaps in training …

the Innovation Sector Funds, managed by the Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (MCTI). The main objective of … United States of America's systems of support to the research and innovation. The study identified 1,893 research projects in …

The second larger Estonian R&D and Innovation Strategy ‘Knowledge-based Estonia 2007-2013' is aimed at continuing the …-side innovation policies in helping to advance commercial development and innovation …