&D-oriented firms versus all others - is somewhat limited. In particular, non-R&D innovation activity should be treated as an important … engaged in non-R&D innovation grow in a less risky and costly way than R&D innovators, and that a young firm's decision … whether to engage in R&D for the purpose of innovation and growth can therefore usefully be understood as being driven by a …

divestment to combat climate change. Will it work? This chapter explores whether divestment might induce green innovation, a … critical component of transitioning to a cleaner economy. Divestment could theoretically steer innovation by increasing the … investment opportunities. I argue that continuing to invest in dirty industries could drive green innovation conditional on …

study shows that these social networks are an essential driver of knowledge integration and innovation. …

involves a unique intervening mechanism, namely, technological innovation efficiency (TI efficiency), with the potential to …

infinite population it converges to the Yule–Simon distribution. The power law is steeper when innovation is high. Diffusion …

Digitalization is one of the main trends affecting firm-level innovation today. In this context, a better understanding … of the multidimensional relationship between digital technologies, competences and firm-level innovation is necessary …. For this purpose, this paper examines the role of digital transformation in the context of innovation activities of small …

Almost 30 years ago, researchers began a systematic study of innovation by end users and user firms. At that time, the … phenomenon was generally regarded as a minor oddity. Today, it is clear that innovation by users, generally openly shared, is a … technologies. It is becoming both an important rival to and an important feedstock for producer-centered innovation in many fields …

Based on a survey adapted from the Fourth European Community Innovation Survey (CIS-4), this study finds that, in the … new product sales as a percentage of total sales or engage in R&D or collaborative innovation activities in China are more … likely to survive and remain in Guangdong. The study fills a gap in the literature by investigating the effects of innovation …