This paper examines the determinants of innovation and the role of innovation in productivity growth, shifts in market … share and survival in the Canadian manufacturing sector. The paper presents a model that examines the effect of innovation … plant performance both before and after the introduction of an innovation. We find strong evidence that labour productivity …

Innovation in SMEs exhibits some peculiar features that most traditional indicators of innovation activity do not … capture. Therefore, in this paper, we develop a structural model of innovation which incorporates information on innovation … the likelihood of having both process and product innovation. Both these kinds of innovation have a positive impact on …

How do political connections affect firm dynamics, innovation, and creative destruction? We extend a Schumpeterian … how political connections influence an economy's business dynamism and innovation, and generate a number of implications …

Do political connections affect firm dynamics, innovation, and creative destruction? We study Italian firms and their … confirm using a regression discontinuity design. We build a firm dynamics model, where we allow firms to invest in innovation …