This paper analyzes the patent propensity as an outcome of innovative activities of regional SMEs. To achieve the aims … automotive parts industry, is negatively related with propensity to patent innovation. Also, unlike expectations, the InnoBiz … firms designated as innovative SMEs by the government are not performing differently than general firms. Only the CEO …

), allows for causal interpretation of the relationship between innovation output and labor productivity. We find that knowledge … intensive services benefit from innovation activities in the sense that these activities causally increase their labor …

globalization on firm-level performance along four dimensions: ownership of capital, employment of foreign-seasoned managers, and … participation in export and import markets. Once at least one of these channels is active, firms are larger, less leveraged, employ … better qualified workers, and pay higher hourly wages. We also uncover a pecking order of effects, with export …

entrepreneur in the innovation process. -- Innovation ; microenterprises ; SMEs ; development …Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have …

Korean government has invested significant amount of resources through credit guarantee funds to promote SMEs survival …

predictor of creative achievement. It plays a significant role in the business organization's innovation process and the … hypothesize that divergent thinking has a lasting effect on post-launch entrepreneurial outcomes related to innovation and growth … founders, which we observe up until 40 months after start-up. We find strong relative effects for innovation and growth …

greater survival is achieved when startups engage successfully in both product innovation and process innovation, with a key …