Purpose: This study aims to investigate the role of board gender diversity in explaining the effects of board members’ political connections on banking performance in the Eurozone. Design/methodology/approach: This paper analyses panel data on 83 banks supervised by the European Central Bank...

Purpose: As high-tech industries are the main responsible for research and development (R&D), the purpose of this paper is to investigate some of the possible determinants of R&D investment in this type of industry. Design/methodology/approach: The analysis is based on a sample of European...

The European Regional Development Fund devoted around 66 billion Euros to the financial support of innovation and productivity in European enterprises over the 2014-2020 programming period. In this framework, we assessed the implementation of the Operational Programmes dedicated to fostering...

The European Regional Development Fund devoted around 66 billion Euros to the financial support of innovation and productivity in European enterprises over the 2014-2020 programming period. In this framework, we assessed the implementation of the Operational Programmes dedicated to fostering...

This paper investigates whether the Ethiopian economy is undergoing a virtuous process of structural change. In particular, it assesses the relative contributions of within-sector and between-sector productivity to output per capita growth. Based on data disaggregated into eight sectors for the...