Prior studies have shown that innovation has a mediating effect on the relationship between corporate governance and firm performance. This study compares this mediating effect in developed and developing countries using agency theory and signaling theory. A panel sample of 2,688 firms in...

Considering the incalculable value of being into innovation, most of the countries have engaged themselves into this ‘mantra', some are in the process of adopting it into their state policy. All innovation briefings have a starting, middle and an end and so do the countries. Some economies are...

This firm-level study investigates the importance of innovation as a determinant of firm productivity and how firm productivity could impact firm export survival. This is the first integration of the innovation approach, productivity approach, and firm survival approach to explore their linkages...