Empirical studies on aggregate export behaviour have recently emphasised the role played by innovation as the main … force driving product differentiation and competitiveness for developed countries. These studies treat foreign innovation as … a variable that affects negatively national export shares. We incorporate the impact of foreign innovation in a standard …

The paper focuses on the role of Science Parks (SPs) as seedbeds of innovation. It investigates whether and to what … proposed relies on count data models, uses patents as innovation performance indicators, and exploits original data regarding … controlling for the existence of innovation lags. Parks' first mover disadvantages also emerge, as well as non-negligible matching …

Using firm-level innovation data for a large sample of Slovenian firms in the period 1996-2002, the paper finds … surprising results that innovation is not benefitting all firms. We find that only manufacturing firms with below average … productivity growth (the lowest four deciles) are likely to experience significant benefits from successful innovation, while …

migration research has demonstrated positive economic impacts of cultural diversity on productivity and innovation at the … regional level. However, there is a dearth of research on the links between innovation and migrant diversity at the firm level …

To investigate econometrically whether cultural diversity of a firm's employees boosts innovation, we create a unique … linked employer-employee dataset that combines data from two innovation surveys in The Netherlands with administrative and … generally more innovative, but that diversity among a firm's foreign workers is positively associated with innovation activity …