A randomized controlled trial with 945 entrepreneurs in Jamaica shows positive short-term impacts of soft-skills … course on soft-skills was compared to one that combines soft-skills with traditional business training. The effects of the …

We conduct a meta-analysis of 44 studies and 68 different managerial skills training programs, with the aim of … identifying program characteristics that can lead to more effective public policies promoting firm growth and entrepreneurship. We …, managerial skills development programs have positive returns on management practices, firm productivity, profits, and survival …

being involved in innovation activities. We distinguish between four types of innovation: product, process, organisational …, and marketing innovation. Moreover, we consider three di erent types of education for employees with at least 16 years of … innovation activities on rm productivity. Using a rotating panel data sample of Danish rms, we nd that di erent types of …

The creation of value through innovation is among the defining traits of new technology-driven ventures. In this paper …. On average, for every Euro of EIF-supported VC financing, start-ups generated 2.74 Euro of private innovation value. …

We show that when the researcher’s (observable but not contractible) contribution to innovation is crucial, a covenant …

even developed in both firms and markets. -- Ideas ; Innovation ; Entrepreneurship ; Firm Organization ; Start-Ups …

This paper presents evidence of the effects of gender diversity on firm innovation outcomes and their productivity in … Colombian manufacturing firms, by extending a CDM model to include women’s participation in science, technology and innovation … endogeneity issues of women’s participation in STI and innovation behavior. An upward bias of the impact of gender diversity on …

, it derives some policy recommendations to solve the coordination failure between investments in skills, particularly … technical skills, and green technology adoption. …

sharp characterization for the optimal mobility of individual workers and for the aggregate supply of skills across …