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...

In dit artikel worden allianties die aangekondigd werden in de financiële pers over de periode 1986-1996, geanalyseerd en wordt meer specifiek nagegaan in welke mate allianties waar minimaal één Vlaamse of Belgische partner in actief was, verschillen van de totale steekproef. In het algemeen...

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...

The structural nature of the EU's productivity downturn is confirmed by the analysis in this paper, with the bulk of the deterioration emanating from an outdated and inflexible industrial structure which has been slow to adapt to the intensifying pressures of globalisation and rapid...