relationships between innovation and international performance. While periods of upswing are characterised by a well documented … 'virtuous circle'. between innovation inputs, new products and export success, during downswings most of the positive … diversity of technological change allows to disentangle the specificities and effects of innovation inputs and outputs, and of …

In this work we test if persistent innovators, defined according to different innovation activities (R&D, product and … process innovation, patenting) grow more than other firms, and if innovation persistence can contribute to explain the so far … definition of persistent innovators traditionally based on innovation surveys. Our findings, against the expectations, support …

This article analyzes, empirically, the link between public procurement and innovation activities by taking into … applications for 24 countries over the period 1995-2012, we test the impact of public procurement on innovation activities and … patenting is positively affected by the public procurement while a high degree of import penetration reduces the innovation …

examine the long-run contribution of innovation persistence to sales growth and market share dynamics. We examine two main …, regardless of whether innovation persistence is defined in terms of R&D, patenting activity, or product or process innovation …. These findings lend support to luck and random theories of firm growth, in turn challenging innovation persistence theories …

This work explores the relationship between temporary employment and product innovation focusing on five major European … characteristics and regimes finding that industries using temporary employment tend to have a weaker product innovation propensity …. The negative correlation between temporary employment and innovation is stronger in medium and hightech sectors …