innovation activities during periods of recession. We empirically analyse what general patterns can be distinguished in this …: some companies have recently reduced their innovation activities significantly, while others maintained them and a third … deceleration of R&D and innovation activities induced by the crisis, but the trend figures remain positive. Driven by the companies …

Empresas, the Spanish innovation survey conducted annually by the Spanish National Statistics Institute (INE). The main …

Latvian firms and enables them to increase employment and wages. Strong skills, high innovation capabilities and efficient … access to higher education, promoting innovation cooperation between Latvian firms and foreign research institutes, reducing …

The importance of SMEs in Europe's innovation process can be seen in both the academic and the political arena. Adopted … to their inputs into the innovation process. In particular, we draw attention to SMEs that contribute the most to the …

different countries. Although many MNEs still exhibit an important ‘home bias’ in their global innovation activities, a growing … innovation linked to the prior waves of manufacturing offshoring? The fear in OECD economies is that because of co … loss of innovative capabilities (R&D, design, etc.) in the longer-term. The offshoring of R&D and innovation within GVCs …