This paper presents a comprehensive logical framework for designing ex-post evaluation of corporate R&D and innovation (RDI) policies, which logically connects: actors' behaviour, indicators, ex-post (counterfactual) evaluation and ex-ante prediction of firm (R&D) additionality potential. The...

This paper explores the impact of a specific R&D policy instrument, the Italian <roman>Fondo per le Agevolazioni della Ricerca</roman> (FAR), on industrial R&D and technological output at the firm level. Our objective is threefold: first, to identify the presence or absence of private R&D investment...

In the 1990s two main political objectives have become evident in European public research systems (PRS): a more flexible use of available resources; and strong government action to enhance collaborative networks between the public sector and the users of research results. There are similarities...