outcomes have uncertainty. Computer science and information technology are changing the innovation environment and accumulating … innovation. Based on the new cross discipline Extenics, the authors have presented a collaborative innovation model in the … the innovation paths and solutions by a formularized model based on Extenics. Finally, all possible solutions are scored …

empirical results provided an affirmative response to the question raised in this paper: "Does innovation mediate good firm … performance?" Product and process innovations lead to increase in sales and profits and improve labor productivity. The paper also …

detailed examination of the dynamics of innovation and determinants of productivity at the firm and industry level in Canadian …The fundamental importance of skills for productivity advance is being increasingly recognized. In this article …, product market competition, and government support for R&D, training, and technical assistance are the drivers of innovation …

We explore the relationship between innovation activity, productivity, and exports using a panel of Spanish … innovation seems to explain the positive association between exports and productivity for this group of firms. For small non … manufacturing firms for 1990-1998. Our results - based on non-parametric tests - suggest that firm innovation status is important in …

A key lesson from the U.S. literature on the impact of ICT on productivity is that ICT can only be effective if … that firms that implement organizational changes and introduce ICT have a higher incidence of productivity improvement …, increased sales and profits, and product and process innovation than firms that do not follow this path. Their findings suggest …

to what extent innovation output and activity in financial sector firms is different from other service firms. An … for product innovation but positive for process innovation. Comparing the innovation behaviour of financial and non …, we find that financial services firms are not particularly good pioneer innovators, but they are quite good as innovation …