Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are the lifeblood of economies around the
world. They play an important role in productivity growth, which is crucial for developed …

This article examines the impact of product, process and organisational innovations on two
alternative dimensions of business performance: finance and operations. Two indicators …

This article examines the links between firm innovation and firm productivity performance
across a range of European economies, and in particular, we explore the differences …

The relationship between entrepreneur's gender and business performance has been
studied in existing literature assuming that it is a straight-forward direct relationship. Instead …

This paper investigated to what extent firm innovation improves the aggregate productivity of
the Chinese manufacturing industry in the presence of market distortions. By deriving a …

In this article we investigate the determinants of the innovation-friendly environment in
Europe in the period 2000-2019. We use data from the European Innovation Scoreboard of …

The global overcapacity in the steel sector has triggered growing trade disputes and
tensions worldwide. However, it is controversial whether steel overcapacity should be a …

This article empirically evaluates the impact of product innovation on firms' markup and
productivity. Based on a large sample of Chinese manufacturing firms, we estimate firm-level …

This paper extends the approach of the inverted-U relationship between competition and
innovation at the industry level introduced by Aghion and coauthors. We use data of Spanish …

Purpose This paper aims to explore the factors that influence innovation and productivity in
small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) manufacturing enterprises in Colombia, in …