A large body of research has investigated the impact of industrial relations on workplace innovation. Econometric … research based on U.S. data suggests that unions are detrimental to innovation, while evidence from Europe is more mixed. This … points to the importance of "contextualized" theorizing about the effects of industrial relations on firm-level innovation …

except managers experience job losses that are mainly driven by the introduction of process innovation. In services, a … hold. During the downswing most established links break down; in particular, product innovation loses its positive impact …

complementarities ; knowledge based economy ; labor law ; property rights …

This paper discusses, first, the properties of scientific and technological knowledge and the institutions supporting …

investigate the nexus between the use of non-standard work and innovation performance using data for 18 manufacturing and 23 … arrangements and the introduction of both product and process innovation. Furthermore, we show that the harmful consequences of the … spread of non-standard work on firms' product innovation propensity are more pronounced in high-tech sectors. …

the extent to which different stocks and combinations of knowledge might explain such heterogeneity in innovative efforts … and positioning in the landscape. Our results suggest that a stock of ''brown'' knowledge closely related to ''green …'' knowledge proves to be valuable for firm's success in each trajectory. Moreover, firms with a broad array of different knowledge …

Innovation studies have largely recognized the role of knowledge in fostering innovation and growth of entrants …. Previous literature has focused on entrepreneurial and managerial capabilities and education and knowledge incorporated in … material and immaterial resources. We assume that new firms need to possess different pieces of knowledge, but beyond diversity …