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 …

The main aim of the paper is to assess the innovation gap between the national innovation systems (NIS) of the European … Union (EU) and the average level of innovation of EU economies. The study takes into account NIS identified in the … fields of NIS and the innovation gap is reviewed, the definitions and selected classifications of NIS around the world are …

the Slovak Republic was analyzed. The study differentiates between product innovation and three different forms of process …

When commentators discuss innovation’s externalities, they often classify them into one of two categories. On the … positive externalities, or “spillovers” side, legal and economics scholars often speak of the benefits innovation confers on … other innovators. Future innovators profit from past innovation as they “stand on the shoulders of giants” to develop …

” commercialization. However, when focusing on downstream industry segments that bring patented technologies to market—“innovation” in an … concentration ultimately harms innovation, efficiency, consumer welfare, and democratic representation. It argues that patent law … provides prescriptions for enhancing industry entry through private ordering, federal innovation policy, and antitrust …

Enhancing growth through more innovation has become a priority for Austrian policy makers in line with European … policies as laid down in the Lisbon Agenda. This paper discusses Austria’s innovation performance, its innovation policies, and … general framework conditions for innovation and growth. Austria has increased its R&D spending as a share of GDP over the last …

This paper explores the links between open innovation and the emergence of a phoenix industry - the low carbon vehicles … innovation" approaches in driving the sector, for example noting that smaller firms can sometimes innovate more quickly …

The "market for innovation" - the sale and licensing of patents - is an often discussed source of incentives to invest …, allows us to quantify the gains resulting from the transfer of patents in the market for innovation. The gains from trade …

We investigated the role of public funding in cardiovascular device innovation across 31 countries in Europe. We rely … effective for promoting innovation in the medical device industry at the regional level. …