. Does this help to explain why the US has a greater R&D intensity, or is the higher firm size in the EU, just as its lower R&D … intensity, determined by the sectors in which the top R&D investors are operating? Using data on the top-R&D investors from the …

. Does this help to explain why the US has a greater R&D intensity, or is the higher firm size in the EU, just as its lower R&D … intensity, determined by the sectors in which the top R&D investors are operating? Using data on the top-R&D investors from the …

the extent to which new knowledge builds upon prior knowledge. In contrast, R&D intensity also depends upon the relative … both productivity growth and R&D intensity is the extent to which new knowledge builds upon prior knowledge, regardless of …

faster in more financially developed countries tend to display greater R&D intensity or investment lumpiness, indicating that …

intensity of countries, and hence would bias the well-known country rankings that consist in comparing aggregate R&D intensity … extent), which has an ‘above-than-average’ R&D intensity in most industries. Countries like Finland, Japan or Germany do not … have an R&D intensity that is particularly higher than their industrial structure would predict. …

This paper analyzes how founders and their families influence R&D intensity. Information on R&D comes from a large …-scale, bi-annual survey among listed German firms. We find that R&D intensity is higher in firms that are actively managed by …&D expenditures, especially if they face financial constraints. This leads to an under-estimation of R&D intensity in these firms if …