The role of EU programmes for boosting innovations
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.60054/PEU.2024.11.65-73Keywords:
EU funds, Innovation, Impact, SMEs, BulgariaAbstract
The article explores the attempts to answer the research question: Are the odds of engaging with innovation activities higher in companies who implement EU projects? Based on mixed methods of empirical data collection we find out that EU projects increase statistically the likelihood of innovation. The highest differences are observed in process innovations, followed by product and marketing innovations. There is no difference in organizational innovations.
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