This paper examines the diversity of linkages of firms to science and their effect on innovation performance for a sample of Belgian firms (CIS-3). While at the sectoral level links to science are highly related to the R&D intensity of the sector, we show that there is considerable heterogeneity...

This paper characterizes the innovation strategy of manufacturing firms and examines the relation between the innovation strategy and important industry-, firm- and innovation-specific characteristics using Belgian data from the Eurostat Community Innovation Survey. In addition to important size...

Over the medium- to longer term, trends in total factor productivity growth and innovation will determine the growth and convergence trajectories of the EU economies. However, already before the crisis, Europe has suffered from disappointing innovation performance and productivity growth, and...

The independent expert group on the "R&I policy framework for green growth and jobs" was established by the European Commission for engaging in a forward looking reflection contributing to define the reference policy framework for green research and innovation. The report presents the notion of...

The independent expert group on the "R&I policy framework for green growth and jobs" was established by the European Commission for engaging in a forward looking reflection contributing to define the reference policy framework for green research and innovation. The report presents the notion of...