This paper assesses the role of relationship lending in explaining simultaneously the innovation activity of Small and …'s debt with its main bank to firm's total assets. Our results show that the strength of the bank-firm relation has a positive … SME's increased propensity to introduce product innovation. We further discuss the financial and non-financial channels …

measured by technical efficiency, export performance, and technological innovation. This study also examines the key factors … performance as measured by export performance and technological innovation performance. The results also reveal that financial …

that a large internationalized bank more strongly supports product innovation, whereas there is no substantial difference …Using data at the bank‐firm level for a large sample of small firms collected through the 8th UniCredit Survey … endogenous nature of innovation, we show that all types of banks reward firms' innovative activities. We also provide evidence …