This research aims at investigating the impact of innovation activities and its determinants on firm performance. The … for each determinant and its effect on firm performance. By investigating the innovation performance relationship, we … found sufficient evidence that supports the main hypothesis. As for the innovation determinants our results indicate that …

We examine the relationship of financial expert CEO on firm innovation. Using CEO individual level and firm-level data … significant negative impact on firm innovation. A financial expert CEO causes 17.5% decrease in firm innovation level. We argue … make a separate examination about this impact on innovation that acquired from outsiders …

Innovation is broadly seen as an essential component of competitiveness, embedded in the organizational structures … innovation-performance analysis. The results reveal the positive effects of innovations on firm performance in manufacturing …

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the concept of market orientation as an outer source of innovation for … organizations in the context of Albania. We investigate the market orientation relation with innovation and firm performance by … analyzing a sample of 99 companies operating in Albania. The relationships and the impact of market orientation on innovation …

and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are successful in innovation without research and development (R&D) efforts. In this … DUI-based innovation in less R&D-intensive SMEs. That is, companies operating largely under the DUI mode seem to benefit …

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 …

its relation to various aspects of corporate financial policies and corporate innovation, and draw policy implications for … enhancing corporate innovation. First, we discuss how management quality has been measured in the recent empirical literature … investment policies, and on corporate innovation. Third, we consider the recent empirical literature on the relationship between …

This paper examines the relationship between investment in innovation and productivity across firms in Ireland. We … relationships between investment in innovation, innovation outputs and productivity. Our results indicate that innovation is … positively linked to productivity. This result holds for all types of innovation and for both R&D and non-R&D expenditures. The …