This paper investigates the employment growth of small and medium-sized firms that survived the transformation process …

This paper studies the impact of research and development (R&D) and innovation on employment growth, focusing on small … and medium-sized firms. Employment effects of R&D and innovation are unclear a priori as process innovation may be labor … both R&D and innovation increased employment growth, suggesting that innovation was either capital-saving or labor had …

on SME growth by analysing longitudinal administrative data on firms' employment and turnover, taken from the UK …, little is known about the role played by management practices in SME growth since recession. We contribute to the literature … and employees who were surveyed as part of the 2011 British Workplace Employment Relations Survey (WERS). We find off …