firm characteristics that determine the innovation and economic performance of M&A. The performance measures are based on …: innovation activities. This means that with the remarkable exception of innovation activities the level of M&A performance is … determined primarily by factors of the M&A process itself. -- mergers and acquisitions ; economic performance ; innovation …

measures of economic performance but also on innovation performance. For the empirical analysis we use a matching framework … performance ; innovation performance …

industry level the impact of energy prices on green innovation activities. Our econometric models show that energy prices and … green innovation activities are positively related and that energy prices have a significantly positive impact on the share … an increasing lag between energy prices and innovation activities. Robustness tests confirm the main results. …

Human resource management (HRM) practices are generally expected to stimulate a firm's innovation performance. However …'s innovation activities and different types of HRM practices we find that primarily new workplace organization practices seem to … enhance a firm's innovation activities. Flexible practices of working time management and incentive payment schemes show only …

In this study we investigate the impact of early stage venture capital on innovation activities of Swiss start … venture capital on innovation performance 3 years after firm foundation but also 6 and 9 years after firm start, respectively …, for those firms that survived so long and reported continuously innovation activities (persistence of innovation). The …

question focusing on the innovation capability of firm founders. We find that the combination of different founder …%. -- start-ups ; innovation ; founder characteristics …

distinguish clearly between adoption and use of energy-related technologies (process innovation in the broad sense) and product … innovation in energy-related fields. We take into consideration four energy-related policy instruments (and expected demand for … adoption or innovation by interacting adoption and innovation variables with policy instrument dummies. We test our hypotheses …