One of the main objectives of the new European research and innovation policy agenda is to favour the positive demographics (creation and growth) of EU companies operating in new/knowledge-intensive industries, especially Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). These companies play an important...

This study compared the employment growth patterns of innovative and non-innovative firms, focusing on whether or not there are systematic differences between these two categories in the persistence of the jobs they create. To this end, a unique longitudinal dataset of 3304 Spanish firms over...

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...

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...

The document intends to summarise the main results of the CONCORDi-2013 Conference. Session 1 introduces the rationale and the objectives of the Conference; section 2 summarises the contribution of the keynote speakers; section 3 and 4 will sum up the main results of the Parallel Sessions; session...

The workshop on "Dynamics of EU industrial structure and the growth of innovative firms" has been implemented as part of the European Commission's ongoing analytical work to support policy initiatives in the context of the Europe 2020 strategy. It aimed at taking stock and presenting relevant...