). Key contributions are the use of a unique data set of SME lending by over 400 German banks and relating systematic risk to … granted in Basel II for SMEs relative to large firms. For SME loans in the corporate portfolio of the Internal Ratings …-Based Approach and also for SME loans treated under the revised standardized approach of Basel II, our asset correlation estimates …

the innovating firm invests in marketing, so that consumers become aware of the newly developed product. Firms first … theoretical model are that both the marketing of a product innovation and a firm's propensity to introduce an innovation decrease … a positive effect on product innovation and marketing effort. These findings are tested empirically using survey data …