This paper proposes a novel approach for pricing discretely monitored multi-asset barrier options and computing joint survival probability in multivariate exponential Levy asset price models. We calculate the Fourier transform of appropriately dampened value functions recursively using...

We find strong evidence that firms with employee-friendly workplaces achieve greater innovative success, particularly in industries where innovation is more difficult to achieve. Furthermore, employee-friendly firms were also more inclined to sustain R&D investment during the recent crisis....