Studies show that when exports go up, innovation goes up as well. But what is the mediating effect of domestic … institutions in the association between exports and innovation? If any, which institutions are more likely to improve exports and … innovation in developing countries, and how? To address this lacuna, this study employs estimations of industry fixed effects for …

developed home countries. The results can help managers, researchers, and policymakers to better understand the innovation …

' innovation ability. The World Bank's Enterprise Survey is used first to estimate the return to firms' innovation across many … developing countries, in terms of sales and sales per worker. Then the return to innovation is compared across countries with … quality, property and patent right protection), the return to firms' innovation is lower. This suggests that poor …