Post-war Italy provides an interesting case to test for recent contributions on economic growth which play down the …

presents some empirical evidence on the effects of innovation on employment growth and therefore on firms� productivity with …

success from firm surveys along with the usual R&D expenditures and productivity measures. We then apply the model to data on … firm�s productivity, especially process innovation. Among SMEs, larger and older firms seem to be less productive. …

include ICT investment and R&D as the two main inputs of innovation and productivity. We find that R&D and ICT are both … strongly associated with innovation and productivity, with R&D being more important for innovation and ICT for productivity. We …