theories such as stakeholder theory, legitimacy theory and accountability theory, which are commonly used to explain the …

This study examines the determinants of technological innovation and its impact on firm labor productivity across six … Latin American countries (Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Uruguay) using micro data from innovation … of innovation investment are much more heterogeneous than in OECD countries. Cooperation, foreign ownership, and …

This paper examines the significance of external knowledge sources as impacting factors on innovation by incorporating … Innovation follow-up dataset for manufacturing, service and retail firms in 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa is utilised to … and workshops) in the implementation of product, process, marketing and organizational innovation. Sectoral and country …

methodological approaches and variable definitions. However, the categorisation into factor-driven, efficiency-driven, and innovation …

analyzed five different measures of process innovation output: cost reductions, defect rate reductions, reductions in … of process innovation and that smaller firms are more likely to introduce new processes and are better able to transform … them into higher output. All five process innovation outputs are associated with higher labor productivity and higher sales …