This paper studies the impact of research and development (R&D) and innovation on employment growth, focusing on small … and medium-sized firms. Employment effects of R&D and innovation are unclear a priori as process innovation may be labor … both R&D and innovation increased employment growth, suggesting that innovation was either capital-saving or labor had …

finance availability constraints actually spurred innovation. Finally, the economy-wide effects of greater economic freedom …

Using data on 135 countries, this paper studies the determinants of process innovation introduction, focusing on the … innovation introductions, while on the other hand, the introduction of innovations might enable firms to hedge against … uncertainty-innovation introductions. Employing two different measures of economic and political uncertainty across different time …