A firm’s export status may improve its capacity of introducing product innovations. We explore this idea using very … rich firm-level data on Italian Manufacturing, and sector-province specific measures of firms’ distance from export markets … and of their export market potential as instruments for differences in export activities. We find that exporting …

on technology and innovation. …

-producing country such as the U.S. is associated with a 0.15% lower level of productivity. Second, technological knowledge has become … more global over the sample period. As a determinant of productivity, foreign R&D has significantly gained in importance …

correlation between corporate financialization and corporate green innovation, and explores its heterogeneities in terms of … corporate green innovation. This negative influence is primarily attributed to the substitution of corporate financialization … for research and development funds that are essential for corporate green innovation, while the "reservoir effect" of …

jointly considering the effects of R&D and the impact of non-R&D innovation activities on the productivity levels of firms …Although non-R&D innovation activities account for a significant portion of innovation efforts carried out across very … traditional macro approach to estimating the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) does not handle them well. To counter …

jointly considering the effects of R&D and the impact of non-R&D innovation activities on the productivity levels of ?firms …Although non-R&D innovation activities account for a significant portion of innovation efforts carried out across very … traditional macro approach to estimating the determinants of total factor productivity (TFP) does not handle them well. To counter …

and process/product output innovation. R&D is a main driver of innovation and productivity, even without networking. This … stimulating productivity and innovation. It can be a complementary factor in situations where cooperation and networking are …The paper addresses the relevancy of networking activities and R&D as main drivers of productivity performance and …