Small businesses face major challenges to becoming more innovative. These challenges
are particularly prevalent in emerging economies where high uncertainties are a barrier to …

This work aims to explore the relationship between energy efficiency and productivity using
firm-level data. Although important to policymaking, very few academic studies analyze this …

We investigate the impact of R&D spending on firm productivity through innovation and
human capital channels. To this end, we apply the structural CDM model to analyse a …

Purpose The primary purpose of the study is to examine the role of market power in driving
innovation and productivity of intangible intensive firms of eight emerging economies of the …

The role of agribusinesses can be crucial in improving a country's economic growth,
diversification of revenue sources and contributing to its overall development goals …

Innovation is recognized in the Kenya Vision 2030 as an enabler of economic growth and
development. The vision envisages a knowledge-driven economic growth with application of …

How do firms cope with exposure to violence? Existing literature suggests that employing
private protection is the dominant answer to this question. Yet, while this approach is …