on SMEs, is struggling to regain competitiveness in global markets. In light of these stylised facts, we first … investigate whether innovating activities and quality goods’ production enhance Italian SMEs’ probability to be exporter. Our … findings suggest that both products’ quality and innovative activities affect considerably SMEs’ likelihood to export …

development model, based on SMEs, which is founded on the specialization of productions, on innovation and internationalization … competitiveness of the Italian industrial districts, if they represent a model of success or rather a weak system of production. Thus … also by the social and cultural environment. The second argument regards the competitiveness of this Italian industrial …

, innovation and economic growth. We provide empirical evidence that the reforms carried out under the EU Single Market Programme … with a subsequent increase in innovation intensity and productivity growth for manufacturing sectors. In our analysis we … reforms on average profitability, and the effects of profitability on innovation and productivity growth. – Competition …

ebusiness technology with uncertain quality depending on its innovation and adoption cost and both firms' adoption timing. When … innovation and adoption require large set-up costs, the leader favors quick adoption by the follower. The follower prefers either …

(Community Innovation Surveys) wird gezeigt, dass die deutsche Industrie eine überdurchschnittlich starke Innovationsorientierung …This article investigates to what extent innovation has contributed to the development of employment growth and … exporting in German manufacturing since the beginning of 2000. Using firm-level data from the Community Innovation Surveys in …

innovation. Yet, firms do patent, as indicated by the largenumber of patents that are granted. This paper offers a possible … resolution to this puzzle.It takes a simplified version of a duopoly innovation race, and studies the patenting decisionof an … innovator who has private information about the improvability of her innovation.In this setting, it is shown that a firm may use …

We build a model of firm-level innovation, productivity growth and reallocation featuring endogenous entry and exit. A …

(Community Innovation Surveys) wird gezeigt, dass die deutsche Industrie eine überdurchschnittlich starke Innovationsorientierung …This article investigates to what extent innovation has contributed to the development of employment growth and … exporting in German manufacturing since the beginning of 2000. Using firm-level data from the Community Innovation Surveys in …