Remedying EU’s deficient overall business R&D performance will require the EU to put more emphasis on nurturing more new firms in new sectors to grow to leading innovator status. It requires addressing the specific barriers faced by these companies, which is first and foremost their...

In their efforts to raise private R&D investments, governments increasingly are directing attention to support R&D collaboration. This holds a fortiori for the European Union, whose flagship policy instrument for stimulating R&D in Europe is the Framework Program (FP). But is this money and...

Remedying EU’s deficient overall business R&D performance will require the EU to put more emphasis on nurturing more new firms in new sectors to grow to leading innovator status. It requires addressing the specific barriers faced by these companies, which is first and foremost their access to...

In their efforts to raise private R&D investments, governments increasingly are directing attention to support R&D collaboration. This holds a fortiori for the European Union, whose flagship policy instrument for stimulating R&D in Europe is the Framework Program (FP). But is this money and...

Remedying EU’s deficient overall business R&D performance will require the EU to put more emphasis on nurturing more new firms in new sectors to grow to leading innovator status. It requires addressing the specific barriers faced by these companies, which is first and foremost their access to...

Innovation policies, addressing the barriers that inhibit Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) to innovate, have the potential to be extremely effective. Nevertheless, as this article will illustrate, market failure for innovating SMEs needs to be carefully identified, to better target...

In their efforts to raise private R&D investments, governments increasingly are directing attention to support R&D collaboration. This holds a fortiori for the European Union, whose flagship policy instrument for stimulating R&D in Europe is the Framework Program (FP). But is this money and...