(International) R&D collaboration and SMEs: The effectiveness of targeted public R&D support schemes

Research Policy

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1055-1066

  Hottenrott, Hanna ^a,b,c,e   Lopes Bento, Cindy ^b,c,d  

^a Düsseldorf Institute for Competition Economics DICE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN ECONOMIC RESEARCH ZEW   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

International collaboration; Public innovation policy; R D; SMEs; Subsidies; Treatment effects

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; ECONOMICS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INVESTMENTS;

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS; PUBLIC INNOVATION; SMES; SUBSIDIES; TREATMENT EFFECTS;

INDUSTRY;

EID: 84899981935     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.01.004     Document Type: Article

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