ultimately affect innovation and productivity in Uruguayan service firms compared to manufacturing firms. The results show that …-technological (e.g., organizational or marketing) innovations. ICT and other innovation investments are positively associated with …

This paper investigates the barriers to innovation perceived by Polish manufacturing firms. It refers to the … heterogeneity of innovation active firms. We introduce a taxonomy of innovative firms based on the frequency with which they … introduce commercialised innovations using data from both CIS4 (for 2002-2004) and CIS5 (2004-2006). Two groups of innovation …

This paper uses obstacles to innovation to investigate the heterogeneity of Polish innovating firms. Based on the … distinguishes between two groups of innovating firms: those which introduced innovation in both periods covered by both CIS (called … persistent innovators) and those which introduced innovation either in CIS4 or CIS5 (occasional innovators). Two steps analysis …

CEOs, managers and non-managerial employees’ ideas enhances small firms’ innovation performance. A Heckman selection model … innovation performance. However, contributions depend heavily on the individuals’ area of expertise and on whether product or … process innovation is desired. Our findings enrich the current view on the entrepreneurial team, but also warn against the …