. It examines the impacts of environmental compliance, and its combination with innovation, on TFP convergence of … environmental treatment - are only significant through their interaction with innovation. The β-convergence in firms' TFP is …

Young firms are integral to productivity enhancing resources reallocation. However, they need to be more productive …, the productivity of those that survive makes a quantum leap in one year and starts to converge to that of the mature firms …. Those entrepreneurs that grow substantially by age three, termed as transformative, have a major productivity advantage …

). This study investigates the drivers of Italian MEs' productivity, a fundamental aspect for assessing their ability to … compete successfully. The classical approach (i.e. TFP) in measuring productivity is inapplicable to MEs, whose business model … strategy focused on market niches, which are created/dominated thanks to product differentiation and continuous innovation and …

Danish productivity has grown only weakly over the past two decades, both historically and in relation to other … to continue its efforts to reap the benefits of globalisation, which would contribute to invigorating productivity growth …. Fostering competition by removing regulatory barriers and improving public procurement would help. In addition, innovation …

procurement on firms' productivity (total factor productivity) and survivability. Using a propensity score matching estimation … method, we find that participating firms showed higher productivity than non-participating ones in the control group only for … the year of participation, that is, 2009. After two years, in 2011, they exhibited significantly lower productivity. In …

firm’s productivity, especially process innovation. Among SMEs, larger and older firms seem to be less productive …Innovation in SMEs exhibits some peculiar features that most traditional indicators of innovation activity do not … capture. Therefore, in this paper, we develop a structural model of innovation which incorporates information on innovation …

productivity premium. We further investigate the relationship between technological innovation and standard adoption. We find that … certification on productivity is particularly strong for firms with technological innovation. … of firm productivity, focusing on the role played by international management standards certification. We develop and …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of internal and external R&D on SMEs innovation performance … SMEs. In comparison, only external R&D showed positive association to product and process innovation for Pakistani SMEs … research study for the first time has examined the Indian and Pakistani SMEs innovation activities. The implication of this …