set on innovation for a large number of Italian firms over the 1990’s. There is evidence that banking development affects … the probability of process innovation, particularly for small firms and for firms in high(er) tech sectors and in sectors … more dependent upon external finance. The evidence for product innovation is weaker. There is also some evidence that …

stochastic shocks imply that investment in radical innovation may very often be too time consuming and/or expensive to remain …We refine modelling of the radical innovation decision in this paper by extending real option theory to include non …

supported both foreign and domestic investment for technological catch-up. It is the only country where FDI favoured the … manufacturing sector and manufactured exports, and where domestic investment started becoming increasingly important compared to FDI …

crowding out. Our findings suggest that rewards can improve innovation and creativity, and that there may be a tradeoff between …

We use small Italian regions (i.e. provinces) to investigate the causal effect of foreign immigration on innovation … immigrants did not have any effect on innovation. However, decomposing the overall effect into the contributions of low- and high … applications by about 0.2%. By contrast, the impact of high-skilled immigrants on innovation is positive, in line with the previous …

innovation-friendly environment, resulting in a low export ratio given the small size of the country and its long-time EU …

and innovation, trying to map – using the taxonomies put forward by the innovation literature – the concrete ways through … involved into globalized markets where domestic innovation has to be complemented by the role played by international … technological transfer. Among the ways how a middle income country can foster domestic innovation and structural change in terms of …

that being a generalist does not seem to be important in this regard. Finally, we find that innovation positively moderates …