outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the highest management scores closely followed by Germany, with a gap to …

benefit reform in Germany that considerably increased the financial incentives, by up to 21,000 EUR, for highly educated and …

educated (high earning) and low educated (low earning) women, I exploit a major maternity leave benefit reform in Germany that …

This study presents new findings on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on productivity and innovation for Caribbean … women's participation on firm performance and innovation has so far produced mixed results, though there is some evidence to … suggest that for Latin America, larger shares of women in the knowledge creation and innovation process may increase …

quality, follow-on innovation. Winning a first patent boosts a startup's subsequent growth and innovation by facilitating …

This paper studies how hedge fund activism reshapes corporate innovation. Firms targeted by hedge fund activists … experience an improvement in innovation efficiency during the five-year period following the intervention. Despite a tightening … in R&D expenditures, target firms experience increases in innovation output, measured by both patent counts and citations …