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 …

capital is positively influenced by the size of the R&D sector, sheds new light on innovation and growth as well as income …

This paper explores the possible job creation effect of innovation activity. We analyze a unique panel dataset covering … is the labour-friendly nature of innovation, which we measure in terms of forward-citation weighted patents. However …, this positive impact of innovation is statistically significant only for firms in the high-tech manufacturing sectors …

The objective of this paper is to analyse the role of migrants in innovation in Europe. We use Total Factor … Productivity as a measure of innovation and focus on the three largest European countries - France, Germany and the United Kingdom … migration and innovation at the sectoral level. This allows us to measure the direct contribution of migrants in the sector in …

different components of the labour force on innovation at the sectoral level between 1994 and 2005. The authors focus, in … determinants of innovation, such as R&D investments, stock of patents and openness to trade. To address possible endogeneity of … accordingly. Our results show that highly-educated migrants have a positive effect on innovation even if the effect is smaller …

The effect of collective bargaining on innovation has long been in dispute. At the level of theory, the hold-up problem … impact of collective bargaining on (several measures of) process innovation and product innovation. Our cross section and … longitudinal analysis fails to indicate that unionism retards innovation. Indeed, in conjunction with workplace representation …