improved products through product innovation, and makes firms more efficient at producing goods through process innovation … relationship between productivity growth, innovation and digital technology adoption plays out is particularly important for the …

classes across all sectors and all EU Member States, we identify different innovation profiles based on a firm's R …&D investment and/or innovation activities. We find that "basic" firms - i.e. firms that do not engage in any type of R&D or … innovation - are more common among young SMEs, while innovators - i.e. firms that do R&D and introduce new products, processes or …

This contribution takes a closer look at innovation in ICT sectors and the failing ability of young innovative firms in …

estimate a model relating firms' and industry's employment to innovation, that leads us to the conclusions that follow. Trend … increases in productivity reinforced by process innovation are an important source of reduction of employment requirements for a …

Recent years have shown a surge of firms globalising their innovation activities in order to gain from international … stronger dispersed international R&D activities hamper or stimulate innovation. Second, we employ two well-established market …-based indicators for innovation (introduction of and sales growth rates due to new products) instead of looking at inventions (patents …

Recent years have shown a surge of firms globalising their innovation activities in order to gain from international … stronger dispersed international R&D activities hamper or stimulate innovation. Second, we employ two well-established market …-based indicators for innovation (introduction of and sales growth rates due to new products) instead of looking at inventions (patents …