This study examines the effects of female CEOs on green innovation. Drawing on
contingency theory, we also investigate the moderating effect of state ownership, regional …

Purpose This paper presents a systematic review of 94 research articles in the domain of
gender and firm innovation to map the area and infer future research avenues. The literature …

This paper studies the impact of research and development (R&D) and innovation on
employment growth, focusing on small and medium-sized firms. Employment effects of R&D …

This paper analyses the role of gender of the chief executive officer (CEO) on the propensity
to introduce innovations using a sample of 1405 Spanish small-and medium-sized …

The availability of resources is paramount for innovation in women-led firms. We define a
women-led firm where a chief executive officer (CEO) is a woman. We examine how nature …

Sustainable development has emerged as a crucial factor enhancing the competitiveness of
small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in light of societal expectations and government …

We examine whether the probability of innovating a company's business model towards the
Industry 4.0 paradigm is affected by external institutional support and family leadership …

This paper analyses the female gender as a one of the factors that may influence product
and process innovativeness of small enterprises. The data discussed come from an …

There has been significant theoretical and empirical research on the causes and effects of
research and development (R&D) spending; however, the incentives of individual firms to …

Purpose Entrepreneurial firms contribute to economic growth, but the potential gendered
nature of this contribution must be investigated as outcomes of male-owned and female …