The aim of this paper is to evaluate the effects of R&D intensity, R&D investment and tax incentives on firms' growth in Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain from 2002 to 2014. Another ambition of this paper is to identify which selected factors affected firms' growth. The effect of variables such...

This study focuses on the role of human factors in the innovation processes of firms in four member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), i.e., Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam. Firms are required first to obtain new information related to innovation and...

The authors of this paper hypothesize that one of the most significant features of regional competitiveness in the global economy is innovation development and that through innovation application, underdeveloped regions can reduce the gap between them and leading regions and can in turn surpass...

The purpose of this article is to classify existing approaches to analyzing theoretical and methodological aspects of innovation development in modern economic systems. We also present a new approach based on existing ones that combines advantages, eliminates drawbacks, and offers means of...

Background: Complexity of the digital transformation (Digital Transformation) paradigm and its relation to the fourth technological revolution face companies with serious challenges when it comes to keeping up with the competition or becoming a leader in operating industries. Objectives: The...

Durch die rasant steigende Datenmenge ergeben sich viele Möglichkeiten, neue datengetriebene Geschäftsmodelle zu entwickeln. Die Datenökonomie gewinnt immer mehr an Bedeutung. Damit das ökonomische Potenzial ausgeschöpft werden kann, ist es elementar, dass genügend Fachkräfte verfügbar...

Purpose: This paper aims to analyse operations management's importance in three main dimensions: having a successful strategy, an efficient supply chain management system, and continuous innovation. The case of Walmart is used to consolidate these three areas. The main methodology of this paper...

We examine the relationship of the financial expert CEOs on firm innovation. Using CEO individual-level and firm-level data across Chinese A-share market from 2008 to 2015, the Poisson model estimation shows that the financial expert CEOs have significant negative impacts on firm innovation....

We study how profit taxation affects plants' R&D spending and innovation activities. Relying on geocoded survey panel data which approximately covers the universe of R&D-active plants in Germany, we exploit around 7,300 changes in the municipal business tax rate over the period 1987-2013 for...

We utilize a new survey experiment to evaluate the existence and degree of financial constraints for R&D in the economy. The experiment does not only allow to deduct the presence of financial constraints, but also to evaluate their economic significance. Using data on German companies, we find...