This study examines whether and how female directors enhance innovation performance. Based on a sample of U.S. firms … innovation output and productivity. Our results show that a higher number of female directors are associated with higher … innovation output (measured by the sensitivity of patents and patent citations to R&D) and higher R&D productivity (measured by …

competitive markets and are a good match for firms' innovation-based competition strategy …

governance policies, such as managerial pay, and curbing competition. We study a model where managers can exert unobservable cost …

, faster new product introductions, and more novel new product introductions. For new product managers, these results carry …

&D) department and central management, conflict alleviation and the choice of ‘open’ versus ‘closed’ innovation, in the context of a …’) innovation approach, may help serve the twin purpose of shifting constraints to growth and increasing firm profitability, by …