innovation in firms with different productivity levels. We develop and estimate a model on two distinct samples using data from … both the likelihood and commercialization of innovation …

innovation in firms with different productivity levels. We develop and estimate a model on two distinct samples using data from … both the likelihood and commercialization of innovation …

), allows for causal interpretation of the relationship between innovation output and labor productivity. We find that knowledge … intensive services benefit from innovation activities in the sense that these activities causally increase their labor …

), allows for causal interpretation of the relationship between innovation output and labor productivity. We find that knowledge … intensive services benefit from innovation activities in the sense that these activities causally increase their labor …

manufacturing. Results from our structural models indicate that KIS firms benefit from innovation activities through increased labor … productivity with highly skilled employees being similarly important compared to R&D for creating innovation output in microfirms … firms having a higher probability of initiating innovation activities and of successfully turning knowledge into innovation …