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R&D-intensive SMEs in Europe : what do we know about them?

Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Potters, Lesley; Voigt, Peter - 2009

of SMEs in the EU economy and was the first to put in place a comprehensive SME policy framework for the EU and its … development. This kind of policy calls for a more in-depth look into the nature of the SME population in Europe. Several attempts … industrial R&D investment in the EU. To do so, we run a cluster analysis on a sample of top European R&D SME investors based on a …

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Doing R&D or not (in a crisis), that is the question...

Cincera, Michele; Cozza, Claudio; Tübke, Alexander; … - 2010

This study investigates how corporate R&D evolves in the light of the contemporary economic crisis. We study empirical evidence from past downturns, discuss the relevant literature, and perform an empirical analysis of recent business survey data (collected during 2009). Pivotal for our...

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Does size or age of innovative firms affect their growth persistence : evidence from a panel of innovative Spanish firms

Ciriaci, Daria; Moncada Paternò Castello, Pietro; … - 2012

This study examines serial correlation in employment, sales and innovative sales growth rates in a balanced panel of 3,300 Spanish firms over the years 2002-2009, obtained by matching different waves of the Spanish Encuesta sobre Innovacion en las Empresas, the Spanish innovation survey...

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Projection of R&D intensive enterprises' growth to the year 2020 : implications for EU policy?

Voigt, Peter; Moncada Paternò Castello, Pietro - 2012

The paper investigates how sector composition and the magnitude of R&D investment in the EU may differ in 2020 in comparison to the past, if a selection of top R&D-investing SMEs were assumed to be on a fast growth track while the top R&D-investing large-scale companies continue to grow as...

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Business R&D in SMEs

Ortega-Argilés, Raquel; Voigt, Peter - 2009

industrial R&D, its common trends and related emerging issues. A number of factors towards better understanding of SME …

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