Innovation is key to technology adoption and creation, and to explaining the vast differences in productivity across … and within countries. Despite the central role of the entrepreneur in the innovation process, data limitations have … restricted standard analysis of the determinants of innovation to consideration of the role of firm characteristics. We develop a …

's innovation and export activities, using unique firm survey data which provides direct measures for innovations and firm … export and innovation activities to become substitutes although they are generally natural complements. -- Innovation …

predictor of creative achievement. It plays a significant role in the business organization's innovation process and the … hypothesize that divergent thinking has a lasting effect on post-launch entrepreneurial outcomes related to innovation and growth … founders, which we observe up until 40 months after start-up. We find strong relative effects for innovation and growth …

exhaustively explain innovation, the role of ownership competence, profits, the function of financial markets, wealth and income … theoretical basis for the importance of new venture creation as a source of innovation-driven growth; entrepreneurs must establish …

We study how frictions in learning others' technology, termed "imperfect technology spillovers," impact firm innovation … strategies and the aggregate economy through changes in innovation composition. We develop an endogenous growth model that … generates strategic innovation decisions, where multi-product firms improve their products via own-innovation and enter new …

integration influence underlying determinants of economic growth. Building on models of growth and innovation, we analyze the role … cooperation and integration, can positively contribute to labor productivity and innovation, in addition to known factors of …

We use small Italian regions (i.e. provinces) to investigate the causal effect of foreign immigration on innovation … immigrants did not have any effect on innovation. However, decomposing the overall effect into the contributions of low- and high … applications by about 0.2%. By contrast, the impact of high-skilled immigrants on innovation is positive, in line with the previous …