I study the relationship between a Chief Executive Officer (CEO)'s uncommon name and corporate innovation. Consistent … between CEO name uncommonness and corporate innovation quantity but not quality. To mitigate endogeneity concerns, I use the … further show that the impact on innovation output is concentrated in the areas that are well-known to the company, of low …

The purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of internal and external R&D on SMEs innovation performance … SMEs. In comparison, only external R&D showed positive association to product and process innovation for Pakistani SMEs … research study for the first time has examined the Indian and Pakistani SMEs innovation activities. The implication of this …

Canadian firms adjusts innovation activities, business strategies, and exit in response to large increases in Chinese imports …. Whether firms invest in process or product innovation matters: on average, the number of process innovations declines more … strongly than the number of product innovations. In addition, firms that initially pursue process innovation strategies and …

technological and non-technological innovations. -- Innovation ; technological ; non-technological ; R&D ; firm ; development …

its impacts on three key business domains: technology-innovation-service (TIS). The main goal was to see what were the … interrelationships of business-consumers and consumers-business analysis to have a sustainable profit based on the models: Innovation and … implications in three key business domains (TIS) technology, innovation, and services. Therefore, businesses should pay attention …

We propose a new measure of the economic importance of each innovation. Our measure uses newly collected data on … suggests that technological innovation accounts for significant medium-run fluctuations in aggregate economic growth and TFP …

Do political connections affect firm dynamics, innovation, and creative destruction? We study Italian firms and their … confirm using a regression discontinuity design. We build a firm dynamics model, where we allow firms to invest in innovation …

We study the relationship between patents and actual product innovation in the market, and how this relationship varies … consumer goods sector. We find that patent filings are positively associated with subsequent product innovation by firms, but … at least half of product innovation and growth comes from firms that never patent. We also find that market leaders use …