This IW Report analyses the importance of entrepreneurial activity and Venture Capital for economic growth. Potential … growth has declined significantly in the highly developed countries in recent years. A major reason seems to be the decline … in productivity growth resulting from technological progress and the use of human capital. New companies can help …

This paper provides the quantitative estimate of the potential growth bonus for CIS countries, and in particular EU … growth performance and reforms, as well as between reforms and European integration. The paper derives the range of possible … values of growth bonus from the deepened neighbourhood cooperation between 1 and 3.8 with the median at 1.8 percentage points …

questions in three steps. First, by assessing empirically the sensitivity of growth in the region's seven major economies during … combined contribution of the different growth factors. Third, to derive the main implications of the results for the choice of …

Despite significant economic reforms in many Southern Mediterranean EU neighbour countries, their growth performance … has on average been subdued. This study analyses the differences in growth performance and macroeconomic stability across …

opportunity with tail risks. Financial integration and foreign savings supported growth in the EU12 and EU candidate countries. We … contrast, the eastern partnership states did not benefit from the foreign savings-growth link. But financial integration also …

performance of business services measured by their contribution to growth in the EU Member States. We show that in addition to … typical growth factors which enhance labour productivity, also the extent of interconnectedness of business services with … upstream industries is important to explain service-based economic growth. The analysis yields two interesting results. Firstly …

growth and employment, and an overlook on the impacts of different policy measures on companies. The role of large companies …

the growth prospects in the coming 5 years. The weakness of Finland’s performance relative to comparative EU … recovery in turn stems from a stronger export market growth, the fading away of the negative Nokia shock, and the improvement … on productivity growth, we estimate that Finland could achieve an annual growth rate of about 2 per cent in the coming 5 …