Recent literature on the diffusion of robots mostly ignores the regional dimension. The contribution of this paper at the debate on Industry 4.0 is twofold. First, IFR (2017) data on acquisitions of industrial robots in the five largest European economies are rescaled at regional levels to draw...

We study the impact of demand on innovation. By focusing on a sample of small- and medium-sized enterprises in several industries and European countries, we analyse how demand stimulates innovation by providing economic incentives and reducing uncertainty. Considering the size of the market as a...

We study the impact of demand on innovation. By focussing on a sample of SMEs in several industries and European countries, we analyse how demand stimulates innovation both by providing economic incentives and by reducing uncertainty. Considering the size of the market as a proxy for the...