Despite a growing literature, the relationship between financing constraints (FC), intellectual
property rights (IPR) protection and firm innovation remains unclear within the transitional …

The primary link between financial institutions and economic performance is the provision of
resources by these institutions to businesses in order to drive enterprise development. In this …

We analyze firm-level data from a survey conducted in Kenya in 2013 referring to innovation
activities in the 2010–12 period. We use the data to study the impact on a firm's innovation …

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 …

This paper examines the relationship between corruption, transaction costs as measured by
asset specificity, and innovation in Africa. We hypothesize that in the context of developing …

This paper analyses the impacts of different innovation types and personnel training on
manufacturing firms' export performance in Russia. We use Business Environment and …

Purpose This paper aims to analyse the impact of innovation on the productivity of firms in
India using the data from the World Enterprise Survey. This paper first classifies three …

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 …

There is limited empirical evidence measuring productive capabilities and analysing their
effect on firm-level export performance in Africa. This paper constructs novel indicators of …