thanks to their ability in undertaking technological innovation, few empirical studies have explicitly addressed this issue …. This article examines the innovation-employment nexus for start-ups using the Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS), a unique … regressions indicate an overall positive but heterogeneous effect of innovation activities on the conditional employment growth …

This paper studies the relationship between trade credit and innovation. While trade credit is well researched in the … finance literature, its link to innovation has been neglected in prior research. We argue that innovative small and medium … partners may have incentives to offer trade credit especially to innovative SMEs. The relationship between innovation and trade …

goal of this study is to investigate whether there are any differences in R&D and innovation behavior between established … engage in R&D and innovation activities more frequently than companies whose genesis was of another type. Nevertheless, the … cooperating in various fields may be of different importance for specific inputs and outputs of the innovation activity. Finally …

This paper investigates whether firms innovate persistently or discontinuously over time using an innovation panel data … set on German manufacturing and service firms for the period 1994-2002. We find that innovation behaviour is permanent at … innovation experience, the results further highlight the important role of knowledge provided by skilled employees and unobserved …

goal of this study is to investigate whether there are any differences in R&D and innovation behavior between established … engage in R&D and innovation activities more frequently than companies whose genesis was of another type. Nevertheless, the … cooperating in various fields may be of different importance for specific inputs and outputs of the innovation activity. Finally …

This study addresses the relationship between product innovation and the demand and supply of trade credit. Theoretical … as well as empirical studies are used to derive the hypothesis of a positive link between product innovation and trade …. Basically the estimation results confirm that introducing a product innovation is positively related with demand and provision …

improving production efficiency and product quality in both countries, but it matters more in China than in the US, especially … quality. Combining six micro-datasets on management practices, production and trade in Chinese and American firms, we find … causal effects on product quality, production efficiency, and exports. Poor management practices may thus hinder trade and …

improving production efficiency and product quality in both countries, but it matters more in China than in the US, especially …We present a heterogeneous-firm model in which management ability increases both production efficiency and product … quality. Combining six micro-datasets on management practices, production and trade in Chinese and American firms, we find …

improving production efficiency and product quality in both countries, but it matters more in China than in the US, especially … quality. Combining six micro-datasets on management prac- tices, production and trade in Chinese and American firms, we find … causal effects on product quality, production efficiency, and exports. Poor management practices may thus hinder trade and …