productivity premium. We further investigate the relationship between technological innovation and standard adoption. We find that … certification on productivity is particularly strong for firms with technological innovation. … of firm productivity, focusing on the role played by international management standards certification. We develop and …

This paper examines the relationship between investment in innovation and productivity across firms in Ireland. We … relationships between investment in innovation, innovation outputs and productivity. Our results indicate that innovation is … positively linked to productivity. This result holds for all types of innovation and for both R&D and non-R&D expenditures. The …