The objective of the study is to develop a method for the evaluation of efficiency of the regional infrastructure facilities for the support of scientific, research, technical and innovation activities. This paper presents an analysis of the methods currently used in Russia and abroad,...

The study primarily investigated whether there has been a tangible shift in the activities of the Indian software firms towards higher end of the value chain and factors that helped the firms to make transitions. The objectives were examined by broad examination of thirty nine software firms and...

Magistro baigiamajame darbe nagrinėjama Lietuvos įmonių inovacinė veikla, inovacijų išlaidų dinamika, palyginami inovatyvių įmonių produktyvumo ir darbo našumo duomenys, bei aptariamos inovacijų finansavimo šaltinių tendencijos. Siekiant įvertinti inovacijų diegimo Lietuvose...

Šiame darbe, atlikus mokslinės literatūros analizė, nagrinėjama inovacinės veiklos įtaka įmonės konkurenciniams pranašumams. Remiantis mokslininkų nuomonėmis bei tyrimo rezultatais, parinkti trys esminiai veiksniai, lemiantys įmonės konkurencingumą: produktų, technologijų...

This paper investigates on the presence of innovation and production clusters in Europe. The analysis is based on an original statistical databank set up by CRENoS on regional patenting at the European Patent Office spanning from 1978 to 1997 and classified by ISIC sectors (3 digit) and on the...

This paper analyses the effect of R&D investment on firm growth. We use an extensive sample of Spanish manufacturing and service firms. The database comprises diverse waves of Spanish Community Innovation Survey and covers the period 2004–2008. First, a probit model corrected for sample...

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the factors that influence the Internal Process Innovation (IPI) Activity of the European manufacturing firms. Moreover, a predictive model is developed that can be used to predict which manufacturing firms are more likely to introduce any new or...

We address theoretically and empirically the impact of R&D and innovation activity (IA) on the use of external numerical flexibility (ENF). We build a firm-sided model showing that a first-order stochastic dominance shift in the productivity distribution function decreases the probability of...

This paper presents the results of analysis of innovative activities in the Polish manufacturing enterprises. Using data for the years 2006–2009, the effectiveness of innovative activities is estimated under two groups of models. The results indicate the significantly positively impact of soft...

The promotion of innovation activities in various fields of economics is one of the main goals of modern economic policy of EU countries. The mail goal of this article is a synthetic presentation (n the basis of statistical data) an innovation activity which has been recently undertaken by the...