Abstract
This introduction to the special issue of EINT surveys a collection of eight papers that study innovation and productivity at the firm level and the industry level for a number of European countries. This focus is supported by the view that an innovating firm can maintain a favourable position in terms of profits, productivity and growth by following a path along which its knowledge-creation efforts have become a regular activity. The performance of an innovating firm is also affected by the firm's accession of external knowledge sources, and this gives firms an incentive to develop innovation networks.
Notes
1. The draft contributions were first presented in a symposium on December 2012 at the University of Gothenburg. The symposium was organized in memory of Professor Lennart Hjalmarsson. All contributions have gone through a review process to guide authors to revise their papers.