We investigate whether appointing a middle management level affects startups' innovation performance. Additional … consequential choices of startups. We argue that middle management is positively related to introducing product innovations because … sample of German high-tech startups, we find support for our conjectures. …

Innovation and export decisions are closely interlinked. Both activities contribute to firm performance in various ways …: exporting provides a wider market to sell products, while innovation provides new and better products to supply those markets … and/or more efficient ways to reduce costs. The connection of innovation and exporting is of major interest to developing …

This study quantifies the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth in Bolivia by using microdata … from a survey on innovation conducted in Bolivia in 2016. Following the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse, and Peters … demonstrate that employment growth is explained by product innovation. On the other hand, we find no evidence of a displacement …

. We exploit firm-level panel data on product and process innovation activities in the United Kingdom and find that the … countries increased process innovation and reduced product innovation. This implies that the innovation response to labor supply …-skill intensity of firm production as well as firm size. In addition, the reduction in product innovation is lessened for firms whose …

, 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 …

This paper addresses the field of product innovation in the context of current sustainability requirements in order to … identify the relationship between sustainable development and product innovation. The demand for products continues to increase …. The main research questions addressed in this article are: What is the correlation between product innovation and …

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … collaborative R&D projects in total R&D projects is associated with a higher probability of product innovation and with a higher … market success of new products. While we can confirm previous findings in terms of gains for innovation performance, we also …

costs. Research therefore repeatedly stressed the positive relationship between collaborative R&D and innovation performance … terms of gains for innovation performance, but also show that collaboration has decreasing and even negative returns on … product innovation if its intensity increases above a certain threshold. In particular, costs start outweighing benefits if a …

This research evaluates the relationship between innovation and sustainability in Latin American early …-stage entrepreneurship. Besides, the study seeks to recognize differences in the relationship between innovation and sustainability by the … indicate a low association between innovation and sustainability in new businesses. Additionally, the findings demonstrate that …