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 …

augmented with technology. We find that R&D expenditures - fostering product innovation - have a job-creating effect, in …

demand and innovation are the key determinants for firm profitability; second that both technology adoption and R&D concur to …

Innovation in the European Union remains weak according to a number of key "input" indicators, especially R …'s innovation gap relative to the US results from an inappropriate industrial structure in which new firms do not play a significant … role, especially in new high-tech sectors. This view of a structural EU innovation deficit has many supporters. But it has …

In this article, we analyse the microeconomic relationship between innovation and employment, using company data from …&D can account for both product and process innovation. The existence of non constant elasticities is assessed, due to the … implications for policymakers: R&D and innovation supporting policies should be correctly tailored and monitored since the results …

role of innovation, demand, wages and the composition of employment by professional groups. A model is developed and an … innovation leads to job losses and wage growth has a negative effect that is lower than in other industries. Business services …

Financial constraints for young and small firms can prevent them from supporting innovation and employment creation. We … innovative activity in Europe: the Innovation Union Scoreboard and the R&D Scoreboard. With the first, we study the determinants …

innovation that is intended to contribute to the review and implementation of the OECD measurement frameworks for R&D and … innovation. The report highlights what concepts, definitions and measurement approaches can be used, with currently available … data or suitably adapted sources, to produce policy-relevant indicators on the use of innovation procurement and carry out …