This paper analyses the determinants of different innovation types. Beside a wide range of firm characteristics also … rate and the share of MINT-graduates. The unemployment rate has also for some of the innovation combos a significant effect …. The proportion of MINT-graduates is relevant for the probability of all 4 innovation types simultaneously. …

subsample of 2,949 firms from the third European Community Innovation Survey (CIS 3). A bivariate probit analysis framework is … innovation intensity. This paper also discusses an alternative test procedure that permits an extension of Cragg's test in the … analysis of survey data with weighted observations. Results show that R&D is strictly linked to product innovation, while TA is …

We study how profit taxation affects plants' R&D spending and innovation activities. Relying on geocoded survey panel …

patent application. The analysis is based on patent data from the Norwegian Industrial Property Office merged with data from … for confounding factors. The first patent application by a young firm is associated with significant growth in employment … three years ahead of the first patent application. However, we find no evidence of additional firm growth after patent …

We study the evolution of patenting in China from 1985-2019. We use a Large Language Model to measure patent importance … based on patent abstracts and classify patent ownership using a comprehensive business registry. We highlight four insights …. First, average patent importance declined from 2000-2010 but has increased more recently. Second, private Chinese firms …

increasing team size that we call the "racing against time" hypothesis: With innovation races more competitive globally, R … more R&D personnel. We test this hypothesis against a natural experiment that took place in 1995 when the U.S. patent law …

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 …

scarcely more likely to patent than women without. Differences among those without a science or engineering degree account for …

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 …

. -- Innovation ; FDI ; state owned enterprises ; spillovers ; competition ; China …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 …