migration research has demonstrated positive economic impacts of cultural diversity on productivity and innovation at the … whether there are some productivity-enhancing externalities gained from this growing diversity within firms. In recent years … regional level. However, there is a dearth of research on the links between innovation and migrant diversity at the firm level …

To investigate econometrically whether cultural diversity of a firm's employees boosts innovation, we create a unique … linked employer‐employee dataset that combines data from two innovation surveys in The Netherlands with administrative and … generally more innovative, but that diversity among a firm's foreign workers is positively associated with innovation activity …

automotive parts industry, is negatively related with propensity to patent innovation. Also, unlike expectations, the InnoBiz …

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 …

of product market regulation on mark-ups, firm dynamics, investment, employment, innovation productivity, and output …

-size distribution? Do they affect individual city sizes? Do they contribute to the productivity advantage of large cities and the …

Sharing is a norm in many societies. We present a theoretical model on the trade-off between sharing and investment … patterns: entrepreneurs following an 'insurance regime' comply with sharing norms, are insured but reduce investment in their … firm, whereas entrepreneurs in the 'growth regime' are not insured but take undistorted investment decisions. The choice of …