Innovation in SMEs exhibits some peculiar features that most traditional indicators of innovation activity do not … capture. Therefore, in this paper, we develop a structural model of innovation which incorporates information on innovation … the likelihood of having both process and product innovation. Both these kinds of innovation have a positive impact on …

How do political connections affect firm dynamics, innovation, and creative destruction? We extend a Schumpeterian … how political connections influence an economy's business dynamism and innovation, and generate a number of implications …

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 … explore their possible complementarity in innovation and production but find none, although there is complementarity between R …

balance sheet information. When looking at innovation's return on productivity, we observe that eco-innovations exhibit a …

sectorial innovation in the host Italian provinces. We combine several sources of data to estimate panel count models …

This paper evaluates the impact of an R&D subsidy program implemented in a region of northern Italy on innovation by …