This contribution focuses on the heterogeneity in innovation capacity within Europe across its different Member States … crisis affected this trend of convergence? We then take a look at the research and innovation policies which the EU countries … have in place and try to assess whether these policies match with the heterogeneous EU countries' innovation capacity …

Innovation in the European Union remains weak and there are relatively few signs of progress. In this policy …

by the working paper measure up according to traditional innovation input and output indicators. But the major part of … highly-developed innovation profiles. Analysis of the prerequisites for knowledge-based growth indicates that transition …

potential and, in particular when it comes to lack of risk capital, their innovation and R&D activity. Against this background …

improved products through product innovation, and makes firms more efficient at producing goods through process innovation … relationship between productivity growth, innovation and digital technology adoption plays out is particularly important for the …

potential and, in particular when it comes to lack of risk capital, their innovation and R&D activity. Against this background …

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 …