Innovation in the European Union remains weak according to a number of key ‘input’ indicators, especially R …’s innovation gap relative to the US results from an inappropriate industrial structure in which new firms do not play a significant … role, especially in new high-tech sectors. This view of a structural EU innovation deficit has many supporters. But it has …

of the operating costs and sunk costs associated with firms’ investment choices in R&D and innovation activities with or … without a research partner. To retrieve both fixed and sunk costs of R&D and innovation activities with or without a research … partner, we develop and estimate a structural dynamic monopoly model to quantify the linkages between R&D spending, innovation …

European Industrial Research and Innovation Scoreboard with the fDi Markets dataset, we find supporting evidence. Increasing …

The paper aims to show how policy makers can stimulate firms' cooperation with research organisations in innovation. We …

. Innovation cooperation is recognised as one of its antecedents, along with R&D, but with different possible outcomes, depending … on innovation. The empirical application, carried out on about 10,500 firms located in 3 EU countries (i.e. Germany … firm’s AC providing it occurs within the national boundaries. The transformation of AC into actual innovation is favoured …