to provide theoretical and empirical perspectives on innovation which give a greater role to the demand-side aspect of … innovation. The main question is how can policy make enterprises more willing to innovate? This task is fulfilled by identifying … what we consider the central or most salient aspect of a demand-side innovation- driven economy, which is the small and …

Financial constraints for young and small firms can prevent them from supporting innovation and employment creation. We … innovative activity in Europe: the Innovation Union Scoreboard and the R&D Scoreboard. With the first, we study the determinants …

It is imperative that the economies of the European Union become more entrepreneurial to promote innovation and … to promote entrepreneurship, innovation and growth. …

-impact Schumpeterian entrepreneurship relative to the U.S. Once we account for Europe’s strong performance in technological innovation, an …

strong performance in technological innovation. …

Using a comprehensive database of European firms, we study how private equity affects the rate of firm entry. We find … that private equity investment benefits new business incorporation, especially in industries with naturally higher entry … variation in entry between high-entry and low-entry industries. We address endogeneity by exploiting data on laws that regulate …

results on the relation between patenting and innovation size are then confronted with survey data for small European firms … framework. -- filing fees ; imitation ; innovation ; probabilistic patent rights ; R&D ; simultaneous innovation ; trade secrets …

potentially lessen incentives for innovation and on abuse of dominance/single firm exclusionary practices in IP-intensive network … importance for economic advancement and prosperity, having a direct bearing on innovation, growth and the diffusion of new …

investigate the nexus between the use of non-standard work and innovation performance using data for 18 manufacturing and 23 … arrangements and the introduction of both product and process innovation. Furthermore, we show that the harmful consequences of the … spread of non-standard work on firms' product innovation propensity are more pronounced in high-tech sectors. …