This paper studies the impact of research and development (R&D) and innovation on employment growth, focusing on small … and medium-sized firms. Employment effects of R&D and innovation are unclear a priori as process innovation may be labor … both R&D and innovation increased employment growth, suggesting that innovation was either capital-saving or labor had …

that as firms gain market share, they increasingly rely on nonproductive strategies but reduce their productive, innovation …

responsibility (CSR), as well as the mediating role of innovation between CSR dimensions and financial performance. Data was … CSR to the natural environment, to customers, and to the local community. The mediating role of innovation between CSR and … affect innovation, while CSR to the local community had a negative impact. In addition, the positive impact of innovation …

Hidden Champions (HCs) are small- and medium-sized global market leaders that repeatedly show superior innovation … transformation than non-HCs firms. To test this hypothesis, I use data from the Mannheim Innovation Panel. This allows me to identify …

, innovation and economic performance at the firm level. We posit that design investments may provide firms with a higher capacity … associated with a non-systematic resort to design, a higher innovation-based performance is coupled with an increasingly more …

concentration upon innovation, focusing on robust findings, questions of interpretation, and the identification of major gaps. We … also consider the more modest literature that considers the effect on innovation of firm characteristics other than size …

We investigate the role of workers' and managerial experience as a determinant of firm innovation and productivity in a … innovation and productivity. The effect of managerial experience measured by age on firm performance depends instead on the type … of firm: high age of managers and board members is bad for innovation and productivity growth, while costs and benefits …

establish the linkages between tacit knowledge resources, its integration into firm level capabilities, product innovation and … performance, tacit knowledge and product innovation, and product innovation and firm performance. A partial mediating effect of … product innovation on the tacit knowledge firm performance relationship is established. Also, technical capabilities have a …

Until recently, different types of innovation strategy have been introduced in innovation studies. However, their … of different innovation strategies on firms' market performance using the panel data for 2,496 firms obtained from Korea … Innovation Survey (2010). In doing so, we categorize firms depending on whether their products are new to the firm or to the …