We analyze the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity in MSMEs with a special focus on micro firms with fewer … their labor productivity. Overall, the link between R&D, innovation, and productivity in micro firms does not largely differ … than 10 employees; usually constituting the majority of firms in industrialized economies. Using the German KfW SME panel …

), allows for causal interpretation of the relationship between innovation output and labor productivity. We find that knowledge … productivity - hold for knowledge intensive services. Combining the models of Crepon et al. (1998) and of Ackerberg et al. (2015 … intensive services benefit from innovation activities in the sense that these activities causally increase their labor …

We present the first panel estimates of the productivity effects of the unique German institution of parity, board … job satisfaction, we find positive productivity effects of the 1976 extension to parity co-determination in large firms. …

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 … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. We develop a …

innovation on firm survival and firm productivity, which constitute the two main channels through which innovation drives growth …-linearity and volatility in the gains from R&D/innovation, particularly in terms of its effects on firm survival and productivity … perspectives that inform the empirical models allow for heterogeneity in the effects of R&D/innovation on firm survival and …

This paper explores the employment impact of innovation activity, taking into account both R&D expenditures and …-2010. The main outcome from the proposed fixed effect estimations is a labor-friendly nature of total innovation expenditures … ETC is included as a proxy for innovation activities. Moreover, the positive employment impacts of innovation activities …

prioritize enhancing innovation and imitation success over cost reduction to boost productivity growth. … examines reasons for this divergence and its impact on productivity growth. Our micro-data reveal R&D concentration among high-productivity … firms in Switzerland. Innovation support sustains firms' R&D activities in both countries. Our structural growth model …

automotive parts industry, is negatively related with propensity to patent innovation. Also, unlike expectations, the InnoBiz …