technology and sales as mediated by innovation activities. However, the index is insignificant for the second mediator, export … longevity. However, in the final model, both the level of innovation and export longevity positively and substantially affect … and significantly influences sales; (2) the index of moderated mediation suggests that the perception of firm owner …

technology affects the efficiency and productivity in innovation of technology acquiring firms. Using the stochastic frontier … analysis combined with a difference-in-difference matching approach and firm-level panel from the German Innovation Survey for … external R&D in innovation production, which is attributed by increasing returns to R&D scale and increasing technical …