concentration upon innovation, focusing on robust findings, questions of interpretation, and the identification of major gaps. We … also consider the more modest literature that considers the effect on innovation of firm characteristics other than size …

This study aims to figure out the relationship between the theory of open innovation and organizational proximity. Open … innovation has been the main research target for SMEs who want to grow faster when they have a possible network with other … U-shape relationship between both the breadth and depth of external knowledge and innovation performance, and that …

This study examines the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) on the economic value of innovation. Using the … stock market reaction to patent grants as a measure of the economic value of innovation, we find that a higher level of CSR … leads to a higher value of innovation. In addition, we show that different types of stakeholders, such as employees …

the relation between the introduction of innovation and subsequent firm growth in terms of sales. Recent contributions … examining the returns to innovation on firm performance have stressed the need of going beyond the analysis of the "average … adopt quantile treatment effects (QTE) which allow to estimate the effect of the introduction of innovation by comparing …

This paper aims at investigating the relationship between firms' profit efficiency, access to finance and innovation … efficiency in order to increase profitability. Among firms that have embarked in product innovation, those in the industry and … help to better understand the link between innovation, financial constraints and efficiency, which goes beyond the idea …

findings emphasize the role of a firm's absorptive capacity and its ICT competence in data-based innovation. It seems that … customer involvement in innovation process positively relates to the production of new data-based products and services. The … reported empirical findings further indicate that data-based product and service innovation tends to be rather strongly demand-driven. …

productivity whereas it exhibits a positive and significant impact on their innovation activity. -- Labour productivity … ; innovation ; broadband Internet …

This paper aims at investigating the relationship between firms' profit efficiency, access to finance and innovation … efficiency in order to increase profitability. Among firms that have embarked in product innovation, those in the industry and … help to better understand the link between innovation, financial constraints and efficiency, which goes beyond the idea …

This paper studies the relationship between firms' innovation activities, financial constraints and corporate tax … various innovation activities of the firm. As an identification strategy, difference-in-differences with exact matching is … firms' innovation activities given they face increasing financial constraints. The results reveal that low access to …