innovation, especially for firms further from the frontier, and that the supply chain of multinational enterprises and … international trade are important channels for domestic firm innovation. We do not find support for the inverted U effect of … competition on innovation. There is partial support for the hypothesis that firms in a more pro-business environment invest more …

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 …

Development. We examine the role of financial constraints in SME growth, with emphasis on business cycles and credit access. We …

, little is known about the role played by management practices in SME growth since recession. We contribute to the literature … on SME growth by analysing longitudinal administrative data on firms' employment and turnover, taken from the UK … turnover, and a decline in closure probabilities, over the period 2011-2014. The findings suggest SME investment in off …