have jumped from the state of start-ups to that of top international businesses, has pointed to innovation as a key factor … in the high growth of firms. These high-growth enterprises often drive job creation and innovation, so policy makers are …

innovation activities during periods of recession. We empirically analyse what general patterns can be distinguished in this …: some companies have recently reduced their innovation activities significantly, while others maintained them and a third … deceleration of R&D and innovation activities induced by the crisis, but the trend figures remain positive. Driven by the companies …