Process innovation is an important part of firms’ innovation activities and supposed to significantly contribute to positive returns from innovation. Measuring process innovation output at the firm level is still in its infancy, however. This paper reports empirical evidence on measures of...

Several state-owned companies (SOEs) have successfully implemented process innovation. This paper examines the success factors that influence the successful implementation of process innovation in Indonesian state-owned companies. The present study used the three stages of an online...

Innovation is an essential driver of companies' growth and is important in securing and sustaining their competitive advantage and in the implementation of their entire strategies. In this process, a special role is played by companies' capabilities, especially those related to innovation...

Der Wettbewerb zwischen Supply Chains von Unternehmen ist dynamischer denn je. Einerseits haben jüngste Disruptionen die Anfälligkeit moderner Lieferketten verdeutlicht. Andererseits führen steigende Kundenerwartungen und strenge Regulatorien zu erhöhtem Wettbewerb zwischen Supply Chains. Um...

Background: Studies on innovations have been focused on teams, institutions, and organisations without accounting for the role of the executive's gender. Objectives: This research aims to analyse how small Colombian firms manage technological innovation from the perspective of the gender of...

Process innovation is an important part of firms' innovation activities and supposed to significantly contribute to positive returns from innovation. Measuring process innovation output at the firm level is still in its infancy, however. This paper reports empirical evidence on measures of...

Following a market-oriented approach, policies aimed at increasing labour flexibility by weakening employment protection institutions should enable firms to efficiently allocate resources, improve their capability to compete on international markets and adjust to economic cycle. This work...

Purpose This study aims to investigate the impact of transformational leadership on the innovation of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) through employee voice behaviors. Drawing from the upper echelon theory, it is hypothesized that employee voice is the mediating mechanism through which...

This study quantifies the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth in Bolivia by using microdata from a survey on innovation conducted in Bolivia in 2016. Following the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse, and Peters (2008) and the adaptations for Latin America of Crespi...

This study quantifies the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth in Bolivia by using microdata from a survey on innovation conducted in Bolivia in 2016. Following the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse, and Peters (2008) and the adaptations for Latin America of Crespi...

This paper reviews the theoretical and empirical economic literature on the innovation effect of international trade. To this end, we focus on technological innovation that targets product characteristics. We highlight three main channels through which international trade can affect innovation...

Following a market-oriented approach, policies aimed at increasing labour flexibility by weakening employment protection institutions should enable firms to efficiently allocate resources, improve their capability to compete on international markets and adjust to economic cycle. This work...

This study quantifies the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth in Bolivia by using microdata from a survey on innovation conducted in Bolivia in 2016. Following the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse, and Peters (2008) and the adaptations for Latin America of Crespi...

This study quantifies the impact of process and product innovation on employment growth in Bolivia by using microdata from a survey on innovation conducted in Bolivia in 2016. Following the model of Harrison, Jaumandreu, Mairesse, and Peters (2008) and the adaptations for Latin America of Crespi...

In this paper we provide a methodology that jointly studies production and demand for multi-product firms using detailed firm-product level data from Denmark. We estimate marginal cost by combining production function estimation with a cost function that allows for quasi-fixed inputs. We use a...

In today's hyper-competitive manufacturing world, the rapidly changing landscape has put new demands on organizations, and they need to reinvent themselves by injecting new strategies in order to stay ahead of the competition. Therefore, to achieve world-class performance and competitiveness in...

We present theoretical and empirical evidence challenging results from early studies that found unions were detrimental to workplace innovation. Under our theoretical model, which extends the Cournot duopoly innovation model, local union wage bargaining is more conducive to innovation -...

The impact of innovation on every economy cannot be overemphasized. Hence, this study investigates empirically the impact of inward FDI on host firms’ innovation in Nigeria and South Africa using the World Bank Enterprise Survey dataset (WBES). In examining this relationship between FDI and...

The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the impact of environmental innovation constituting product innovation (PDI) and process innovation (PCI) on firms' financial performance (FFP). It also inquires the mediating roles of environmental management accounting (EMA) and the...

The connection of innovation and exporting is of major interest to developing countries aiming to achieve higher growth and wellbeing. This study analyzes whether different types of innovation affect export behavior at the firm level for an unbalanced panel of Uruguayan manufacturing firms....

The study aimed at assessing the moderating effect of SACCO size on the nexus between financial innovation practice and financial sustainability which was anchored on transaction cost innovation theory. The population for the study was the Deposit Taking Saving and Credit Co-operatives in Kenya....

This research evaluates the relationship between innovation and sustainability in Latin American early-stage entrepreneurship. Besides, the study seeks to recognize differences in the relationship between innovation and sustainability by the perception of opportunities, the fear of failure, and...

We present theoretical and empirical evidence challenging results from early studies that found unions were detrimental to workplace innovation. Under our theoretical model, which extends the Cournot duopoly innovation model, local union wage bargaining is more conducive to innovation -...

The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the impact of environmental innovation constituting product innovation (PDI) and process innovation (PCI) on firms' financial performance (FFP). It also inquires the mediating roles of environmental management accounting (EMA) and the...

In today's hyper-competitive manufacturing world, the rapidly changing landscape has put new demands on organizations, and they need to reinvent themselves by injecting new strategies in order to stay ahead of the competition. Therefore, to achieve world-class performance and competitiveness in...

The impact of innovation on every economy cannot be overemphasized. Hence, this study investigates empirically the impact of inward FDI on host firms' innovation in Nigeria and South Africa using the World Bank Enterprise Survey dataset (WBES). In examining this relationship between FDI and firm...

This research evaluates the relationship between innovation and sustainability in Latin American early-stage entrepreneurship. Besides, the study seeks to recognize differences in the relationship between innovation and sustainability by the perception of opportunities, the fear of failure, and...