High-growth firms, innovation and the distance to the frontier

Abstract

This paper studies the differences in the R&D and innovation behaviour of high-growth firms for 16 EU countries. The results confirm that R&D and innovation are important characteristics for high-growth firms in countries close to the technological frontier, but not for high-growth firms in countries further away from the technological frontier.R&D, high-growth firms, innovation, Europe, distance to the frontier, CIS