We analyze the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity in MSMEs with a special focus on micro firms with fewer … the probability of reporting innovation, with a larger effect size for product than for process innovations. Moreover …, micro firms benefit in a comparable way from innovation processes as larger firms, as they are similarly able to increase …

more active in R&D. -- ageing ; firm performance ; gender ; Germany ; innovation ; R&D … development (R&D)) for a large representative sample of enterprises from manufacturing industries in Germany using unique newly …

, particularly of university scientists, is positively related to innovation; (vi) there are many university spin-offs but these are …

We study how profit taxation affects plants' R&D spending and innovation activities. Relying on geocoded survey panel … data which approximately covers the universe of R&D-active plants in Germany, we exploit around 7,300 changes in the …

This paper discusses the determinants of product innovation in young innovative companies (YICs) by looking at in …-house R&D is linked to the propensity to introduce product innovation both in mature firms and YICs; however, innovation … incumbent firms - in-house R&D does not play a significant role. -- R&D ; product innovation ; embodied technical change ; CIS 3 …

outsourcing, profits and innovation using plant level data. We find a positive effect of international outsourcing of services on … activities towards innovation. We also find that international services outsourcing has a positive effect on profitability, as … instrumental variables analysis. -- Services outsourcing ; offshoring ; innovation ; R&D …

We investigate whether inward FDI, either at the firm or industry level, has any impact on product innovation by … that export, invest in human capital or R&D, or have prior innovation experience. We also find that SOEs with internal R …. -- Innovation ; FDI ; state owned enterprises ; spillovers ; competition ; China …

innovative inputs on a sample of 3045 manufacturing firms drawn from the third Italian Community Innovation Survey (1998 …-2000). The interactions between four different sources of innovation internal and external R&D, embodied and disembodied … complementarity and substitutability relationships, depending both on the typology of the targeted innovation output and on the …

States during the 1990's, I examine the incidence and intensity of organizational innovation and the factors associated with … investments in organizational innovation. Past profits tend to be positively associated with organizational innovation. Employers … being part of a multi-establishment firm) are more likely to invest in organizational innovation. Investments in human …

; innovation ; social network …