It has been shown that corruption has a negative effect on firm productivity, but what about its impact on product innovation ? We find that corruption, functioning as a bribe tax, diminishes the probability of new product introduction. We use a World Bank Enterprise Survey from India in 2005,...

Purpose The overarching theme is the importance of innovations that are created within the emerging economies. More specifically, the article looks at the development of various alternatives to vehicles powered by the internal combustion engine, new energy vehicles (NEVs) within China....

Agency theory has historically presented buyouts as a superior governance framework that generates economic efficiencies in the short term but these transactions might have a negative impact on long-term growth and innovation. In this study, we use a strategic entrepreneurship perspective to...

In the defence industry the recent development of a 'market for technology', the creation of new European high-technology companies as well as transformations in government agencies have driven firms to reposition their technological and organizational skills. Our objective is to show that the...

Les journées de l'Association française de science économique (Afse) se sont tenues à Sophia Antipolis les 25 et 26 juin 2009. L'objectif de ces journées, organisées par le Groupe de recherche en droit, économie et gestion (Gredeg(1)) en collaboration avec l'Observatoire français des...

La demande de plantain en relation avec la croissance de la population urbaine ne cesse d'augmenter au Cameroun. Or du fait de l'intensification des contraintes phytosanitaires dans l'agriculture périurbaine, les zones de production qui approvisionnent la ville de Yaoundé tendent à...

Since the early 1750's economists have elaborate two approaches in order to deal with economic history: a stage theory and a theory of continuing, quantitative growth. J. Schumpeter argued forcibly in favour of the development approach while N. Georgescu-Roegen endorsed the Schumpeterian...

Notre hypothèse est que le lien entre TIC et innovation n'est pas unidirectionnel. L'investissement dans les TIC répond en général à un besoin de la part des firmes d'être plus performantes. Cette amélioration de la performance peut passer par de nombreux canaux : une meilleure...

This paper explores the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and innovation and seeks to identify potential specificities related to small-sized companies. We analyze the complementarities between stakeholder and social capital theories on the one hand, and strategic...

Purpose - Scholars and practitioners have both emphasized the importance of collaboration in innovation context. They have also largely acknowledged that the definition of common purpose is a major driver of successful collaboration, but surprisingly, researchers have put little effort into...