This paper contributes to the literature by examining whether LGBTQ-friendly employee policies foster corporate innovation. Using data on U.S. firms from 2003 to 2017, we document that LGBTQ friendliness has a positive influence on innovation intensity and quality. Specifically, our results...

This paper addresses whether institutional investors drive firms' innovation direction toward environmentally friendly technologies. The data pertain to comprehensive environmental patents filed by Chinese publicly-listed firms in the manufacturing and public utility sectors during the 2003-2015...

In this study we investigate whether corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives contribute to corporate innovation success. We hypothesize that CSR enhances innovation because CSR initiatives help foster a culture for employees to be creative, enhance firms’ access to external...

This study examines whether and how competition affects corporate strategic responses to stringent environmental policies. Using the nonattainment status of U.S. counties as a source of exogenous variation in environmental regulation, we find that competition fosters green innovation as firms...

Using a large sample of firms from 30 countries, we find that the integration of corporate social responsibility (CSR) criteria into executive compensation is associated with greater innovation output in countries around the world. We also find that this positive association is stronger in...

Dieser Artikel erläutert die Grundzüge einer ordonomischen Wirtschaftsethik sowie einer in diesen Theorierahmen eingepassten ordonomischen Unternehmensethik. Gestützt auf diesen integrativen Ansatz werden sodann drei Management-Kompetenzen identifiziert, die eine akademische Ausbildung für...

The article discusses service innovation in the investment banking industry. Service industry innovations differ from innovations in industries that produce physical products because they rarely have intellectual property and patent protections. However, investment banking services are typically...

We have created an index that measures eco-innovation in Brazil at firm level. It is a first experience for the country and for this reason we have organized the survey with a qualitative and quantitative approach. The index was structured based on the experiences of the Eco-Innovation Index...

The purpose of this paper is to research the meaning of the sustainable development in the innovation economy. Knowledge processes in an innovative economy seem to open up new and varied avenues to be explored in the direction of sustainability. Innovative economic theory in contrast to...

The increasing globalization of businesses presents many challenges including the challenges of cultural integration and cross-cultural conflicts. Utilizing the seminal work of Nakata and Sivakuimar (1996) linking national culture and new product development, this paper further explores the...