Intellectual Property (IP) systems can be critical in helping new ventures transform their innovation potential and creativity into market value and competitiveness. Intellectual Property rights (IPR) allow innovative entrepreneurs to protect their inventions. They may also have multiple other functions, such as signaling current and prospective value to investors, competitors and partners, accessing knowledge markets and networks, and preventing rivals from patenting related inventions. July 20, 2018 - 6:21am Effective Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) access can significantly contribute to the success of innovative businesses: it may facilitate innovation by improving information exchange and knowledge diffusion incurred in the production of innovations, foster growth by reducing production costs and increasing productivity, and expand the market for innovative products and services. Evidence confirms the positive effects of ICT access on firm innovation and productivity performance.

July 20, 2018 - 6:08am. July 20, 2018 - 5:59am Access to debt financing is a critical issue for innovative businesses. It allows them to finance their growth, meet working capital requirements and invest in innovation. Yet innovative companies often experience difficulties in accessing debt financing due to several factors: they are involved in an innovation process whose outcomes are uncertain, they own assets whose nature may be intangible and difficult to measure. Financing obstacles often undermine the ability of firms to undertake innovative projects.

July 20, 2018 - 5:48am Clusters bring together firms, higher education and research institutions, and other public and private entities to facilitate collaboration on complementary economic activities. “Smart specialisation” is a policy framework to help entrepreneurs and firms strengthen scientific, technological and industrial specialisation patterns while identifying and encouraging the emergence of new domains of economic and technological activity. Galaxy resource pack. July 5, 2018 - 12:49pm Sweden is among the top OECD countries in deploying digital technology to individuals and business, with widespread Internet use across the country and narrowing digital divides. The availability, quality and affordability of high-speed Internet in Sweden is among the best in the OECD.

July 5, 2018 - 12:45pm Evidence has suggested that the bigger a firm gets, the more productive it is and the higher the wages it pays. However, existing studies are mainly based on manufacturing data only. Using a unique micro-aggregated dataset, this paper sheds light on these important relationships across sectors.