. Innovation cooperation is recognised as one of its antecedents, along with R&D, but with different possible outcomes, depending … on innovation. The empirical application, carried out on about 10,500 firms located in 3 EU countries (i.e. Germany … firm's AC providing it occurs within the national boundaries. The transformation of AC into actual innovation is favoured …

This research investigates deals with the impact of various innovation activities on innovation output by using Spanish … CIS3 data on 3,247 innovative firms and applying several Knowledge Production Functions. It is confirmed that different … innovation activities lead to differences in both the propensity to innovate and innovation output, depending on the …

can be summarised along the following lines: knowledge stock has a significant positive impact on a firm's productivity …

The globalisation of R&D activities has continued to grow as companies are increasingly trying to capture knowledge and … market opportunities internationally. The rapid evolution of national economies and the ways to conduct knowledge …

demand and innovation are the key determinants for firm profitability; second that both technology adoption and R&D concur to …

Innovation in the European Union remains weak according to a number of key "input" indicators, especially R …'s innovation gap relative to the US results from an inappropriate industrial structure in which new firms do not play a significant … role, especially in new high-tech sectors. This view of a structural EU innovation deficit has many supporters. But it has …

One of the main objectives of the new European research and innovation policy agenda is to favour the positive … demographics (creation and growth) of EU companies operating in new/knowledge-intensive industries, especially Small and Medium …, favouring the transition towards more knowledge-intensive activities (smart growth) and in contributing to the overall economic …

' 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 …

international production and innovation networks, and enterprises which used information and communication technologies (ICT) more …