outsourcing, profits and innovation using plant level data. We find a positive effect of international outsourcing of services on … activities towards innovation. We also find that international outsourcing has a positive effect on profitability, as predicted …

This paper investigates the role of regional financial development, in addition to FDI, for regional innovation in … regional innovation (patenting) performance. This positive effect is found to be higher for minor innovations such as external … would otherwise impede regional innovation performance. …

outsourcing, profits and innovation using plant level data. We find a positive effect of international outsourcing of services on … activities towards innovation. We also find that international services outsourcing has a positive effect on profitability, as …

Should inputs such as bank finance affect innovation in BRICS vs. developed countries similarly? Arguably these … and Tobit to a sample of 22 countries, we show how innovation (measured patents, scientific publications and high …

market (innovation). It turns out that spillovers from rivals lead to more imitation, while inputs from customers and … research institutions enhance original innovation. …

We explore whether the introduction of trust based working hours is related to the subsequent innovation performance of … adoption of trust based working hours and innovation seems to be driven by the degree of control and self-management over …

innovation as having a ?high? or ?very high? environmental effect. Our findings also show that exporters are 17.5 percent more … likely, all things equal, to report that their firm's innovation cuts the cost of energy/ materials. Our results agree with …

We explore whether the introduction of trust based working hours is related to the subsequent innovation performance of … adoption of trust based working hours and innovation seems to be driven by the degree of control and self-management over …