We present a model of endogenous firm growth with R&D investment and stochastic innovation as the engines of growth …

This paper investigates the interplay between social capital, innovation and per capita income growth in the European … Union. We model and identify innovation as an important mechanism that transforms social capital into higher income levels …. In an empirical investigation of 102 European regions in the period 1990-2002, we show that higher innovation performance …

accumulation. Human capital is an important source of sustained growth. By focusing explicity on innovation as an economic activity …

Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs) protection in terms of its impact on innovation and technology transfer, as well as economic … surveying the theoretical and empirical literature linking the protection of IPRs to economic growth, innovation and technology …