, innovation and economic performance at the firm level. We posit that design investments may provide firms with a higher capacity … associated with a non-systematic resort to design, a higher innovation-based performance is coupled with an increasingly more …

innovation performance of companies and can pose major threats to global competition and economic growth. However, the actual … to the adoption of alternative measures of innovation performance (Intangible Assets). It certainly merits further …

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 …

A creative economy requires innovation-friendly conditions. Korea’s innovation system should be improved by upgrading … level. The returns from Korea’s large investment in innovation should be enhanced by improving framework conditions – easing … adoption of new technology. Venture businesses and start-ups should play a key role in commercialising innovation. To make …

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 …

structure, innovation of operations, individual characteristics as well as farm location. Productivity performance by farm …