hub firm size. Design/methodology/approach - Seven case studies were carried out: six innovation networks in which SMEs …' qualitative empirical analysis of seven innovation projects showed that: the sharing of benefits and the guarantees that are … - Results have important implications for the management of innovation networks which are increasingly important for the …

investigations that have focused on the relationship between innovation and employment, the originality of our approach lies in our …-creating potential of firms of different sizes. As a result, we focus on the effect of innovation on total number of jobs, whereas … previous studies have focused on the effect of innovation on firm behavior. Indeed, previous studies have typically taken the …

How do financial markets respond to firms' efforts at innovation ? To answer this question, we measure innovation by …. Whilst standard regression techniques find a positive relationship between innovation and growth, quantile regression … and show that these firms owe a lot of their success to their previous efforts at innovation. However, there are also …

Innovation is commonly seen as the principal engine of economic development. In this paper, we investigate the … microfoundations of economic growth by relating innovation to sales growth at the firm-level, for incumbent firms in four «complex …

This paper explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and innovation from a firm strategic … perspective. Matching Community Innovation Survey data with specific data collected about the CSR behaviour of Luxembourg firms …, adopting responsive CSR practices significantly alters firms' innovation, such that CSR may create barriers to innovation …

This paper explores the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and innovation and seeks to identify … whether and how CSR practices can lead to technological innovation. Seven French case studies show that, contrary to … theoretical predictions, large companies are not the only ones that can create value through innovation driven by strategic (and …

context affects innovation ambidexterity. Our results, based on a dataset of 108 large innovative firms, show that firms … combining exploration innovation and exploitation innovation should adopt long-term practices that favor risk taking and … creativity, and thereby build an organizational context suited to innovation ambidexterity. Competences were found to have a …

Cet article explore la nature de la relation entre la Responsabilité Sociale des Entreprises (RSE) et l'innovation … entreprises en Rhône-Alpes. Les résultats montrent que l'innovation technologique des entreprises dépend moins de la taille que de …

Purpose This paper aims to provide evidence of the major role of non-technological activities in the innovation process …. It highlights the effects of marketing and organizational innovation strategies on technological innovation performance …. Design/methodology/approach The article tests theoretical hypotheses on a sample of 555 firms of the 4th Community Innovation …

This paper explores the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and innovation from a firm strategic … perspective. Matching Community Innovation Survey data with specific data collected about the CSR behaviour of Luxembourg firms …, adopting responsive CSR practices significantly alters firms' innovation, such that CSR may create barriers to innovation …