This paper examines the relationship between investment in innovation and productivity across firms in Ireland. We … relationships between investment in innovation, innovation outputs and productivity. Our results indicate that innovation is … positively linked to productivity. This result holds for all types of innovation and for both R&D and non-R&D expenditures. The …

, processes, and services. It is important for firms to know whether investment in innovations is investment well-spent. Our … empirical results provided an affirmative response to the question raised in this paper: "Does innovation mediate good firm …

, is scarce. This paper analyzes the determinants of investment in ICT at the firm level and how investments in ICT … ultimately affect innovation and productivity in Uruguayan service firms compared to manufacturing firms. The results show that … for product or process innovations in the service sector. The absence of investment in ICT conspires against non …

innovation on firm survival and firm productivity, which constitute the two main channels through which innovation drives growth … perspectives that inform the empirical models allow for heterogeneity in the effects of R&D/innovation on firm survival and …-linearity and volatility in the gains from R&D/innovation, particularly in terms of its effects on firm survival and productivity …

This paper studies how innovation strategies of Russian manufacturing firms affect various features of firm performance …. A multi stage model is used, which relates the firm's decision to undertake R&D to its innovation output, technical … economies may adopt technologies embodied in imported hardware. Additionally, we link productivity and innovation output to …