It is well established that a small number of firms, known as fast-growth firms or Gazelles, create most new jobs. Despite the importance of this topic from a policy point of view, most studies are descriptive and explore a limited number of characteristics of fast-growth firms. The existence of...

"New firm entry has been fundamental for job creation in the transition economies. Hence, the urge to reform the framework in which firms operate. This paper aims to improve our understanding of the business environment of the Europe and Central Asia (ECA) countries, as well as to assess which...

This paper investigates whether the existence of knowledge spillovers and the capacity of firms to assimilate them, which we relate with R&D intensity and some human resource management practices, are associated with the decision to innovate of Spanish firms. In order to do this, we employ data...