This paper identifies the varieties and dynamics of service economies in Europe, analysing the role of knowledge base … plays a prominent role, while heterogeneity is driven by uneven knowledge bases and innovative efforts. …

innovation towards services and, related to this, a shift of consumer preferences towards these new services. If R&D figures are … un déplacement de l'innovation vers les services et, relié à cela, un déplacement des préférences vers les services. Les …

may induce cost-saving innovation that more than compensates for the cost of compliance. In this paper, we test the … induire davantage de gains en termes d'innovation que de coûts pour se conformer à la règle. Dans cet article, nous examinons …

Many economic studies have examined the conditions under which innovation occurs in Canadian firms. We take the …: communication, financial services and technical business services. The data come from the 1996 innovation survey conducted by … Statistics Canada. The first objective of this paper is to explain why firms perceive the obstacles to innovation differently. We …

-environmental practices; to our knowledge, nobody has done it in such a systematic way as that presented here. Moreover, the concrete examples … plus strictes peut stimuler l'innovation et, par là même, aboutir à une compensation des coûts supportés par les …