This paper simultaneously explores the firm-level relationships between R&D investments, innovation, training investments, quality and firm performance. It offers empirical evidence on how innovation, training and quality affect firm profitability. One new feature we introduce is the link...

This paper examines the knowledge creation, sharing and transferring process within manufacturing firms in an innovation perspective. Using French data set, we study complementarities between specific human resource management practices (HRMP) and knowledge management. We focus on four specific...

This paper investigates obstacles to innovation faced by French manufacturing firms. Using CIS2 data, we distinguish between obstacles in postponed projects and obstacles in abandoned projects. First, we highlight the most important barriers to innovation faced by firms, and find that lack of...