This paper investigates the role of regional financial development, in addition to FDI, for regional innovation in … regional innovation (patenting) performance. This positive effect is found to be higher for minor innovations such as external … would otherwise impede regional innovation performance. …

and export intensity. We investigate theoretically and empirically how financial constraints affect a firm's innovation … export and innovation activities to become substitutes although they are generally natural complements. …

'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. …

The globalized Western culture of innovation, as propagated by major aid institutions, does not necessarily lead to … empowerment or improvement of the well-being of the stakeholders. On the contrary, it often blocks viable indigenous innovation … cultures. In African societies and African Diasporas in Latin America, cultures of innovation largely accrue from the informal …

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 …