Purpose – Human resource management (HRM) is seen as crucial for innovation and firm performance in China. This paper … aims to carry out an empirical research to investigate the effects of main dimensions of HRM on technological innovation as … control have positive effects on technological innovation, while material motivation and outcome control have a negative …

Purpose – This paper aims to introduce the contributions in this special issue on “Unemployment, innovation and R … innovation and R&D on employment/unemployment and unemployment persistence.  …

innovation in Italy, paying attention both to inter‐sectoral heterogeneity and to the regional differences. Design …/methodology/approach – A set of hypotheses concerning the context‐dependent relationship between labour market flexibility and innovation has … used as a proxy of innovation, while job turnover and wages represent labour market indicators of flexibility. Non …

covariance structural analyses of data collected from 333 venture companies, including innovation companies, in Taiwan. Findings …

between social interaction and innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach – The population in the study is the … knowledge management. Knowledge management is, in turn, positively related to administrative and technical innovation … innovation performance. Originality/value – The study highlights the importance of social interaction and knowledge management in …

Purpose – This paper aims to analyze the relationship between labour flexibility and innovation performance. Design … firms are more flexible than low‐innovative firms although the comparison across industries and type of innovation indicates … that not all flexibility dimensions are statistically significant in their relationship to innovation performance. Research …

&D effort and ultimately for improving its performance through innovation. Originality/value – While there is a well …

team (TMT), moderated by strategic consensus, influence its innovation performance. Design/methodology/approach – Using … on innovation performance, while functional diversity and diversity in TMT tenure have a direct and negative effect …. However, in a situation of strategic consensus in the TMT, the relationship between functional diversity and innovation is …