propensity to train apprentices. -- start-ups ; training ; innovation ; firm age …

We test whether intellectual property rights (IPRs) foster or hinder innovation by estimating IV structural equations …

Recent studies in the tradition of Schmookler have re-emphasised the potential role of demand in stimulating innovation …. Here, we reconsider the role of "home" and "export" market demand in stimulating manufacturing innovation using comparable … innovation production functions using panel data estimators over the sample period 1994 to 2005. For a range of innovation …

activities with universities compared to larger firms. -- Innovation ; Knowledge and Technology Transfer ; Specialization …This paper investigates the relationship between technology specialization and innovation performance of firms … emphasizing technology transfer activities with universities as an important knowledge source in order to attenuate the …

question focusing on the innovation capability of firm founders. We find that the combination of different founder …%. -- start-ups ; innovation ; founder characteristics …

innovation performance, addressing endogeneity by exploiting within firm variation as well as variation in labor supply across … regions. We find that vertical educational diversity increases the extensive margin of R&D and product innovation …, particularly new product innovation. However, the relationship with process innovation, R&D intensity, and product innovation …