Financial constraints for young and small firms can prevent them from contributing to innovation and the creation of new jobs. The paper analyzes two of the several institutional mechanisms implemented to overcome that hurdle: the development of the venture capital market and access to the stock...

<em>Innovation and performance in the long run: the case of Europe</em> - In this article we present the results of a recent work on the long-term mechanisms of innovation and performance in Europe which contributes to the European innovation scoreboard. Data from different waves of the Community...