In this paper, we examine firm innovation and its link to firm growth. Instead of using the conventional … conceptualization and operationalization of innovation in terms of the R&D budget, we use a more elaborate 12-dimensional … conceptualization, which takes into account also the non-technological aspects of innovation. The 12-dimensional operationalization …

, network bricolage, platform empowerment, and enterprise innovation, including both radical and incremental innovation. The … empirical results demonstrate that platform network ties can enhance enterprises' innovation performance. Furthermore, the … network ties and enterprises' innovation performance, while platform empowerment plays a moderating role. The study results …

Department for Human Capital and Innovation. It was completed in June 2014 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of …

This study examines the effects of technological mergers and acquisitions (M&A) on post-deal innovation and firm … performance. We argue that technological M&A lead to an increase of the innovation output in terms of patent counts while non … results showed that firms engaged in technological M&A had lower innovation performance -- in comparison to firms involved in …