The impact of business owners' individual characteristics on patenting in the context of digital innovation

V Corvello, J Belas, C Giglio, G Iazzolino… - Journal of Business …, 2023 - Elsevier
As digital transformation accelerates, generating demand for new digital products,
processes, and technologies, it is necessary to create consensus among all the actors …

Does innovation-orientation lead to retail industry growth? Empirical evidence from patent analysis

E Pantano, CV Priporas, S Sorace… - Journal of Retailing and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Competitiveness and complexity in the retail industry are increasing due to rapid
technological changes and diffusion. Patent analysis is largely used in innovation studies to …

The impact of digitalization on internationalization from an internalization theory lens

N Drori, T Alessandri, Y Bart, R Herstein - Long Range Planning, 2024 - Elsevier
Digitalization is challenging traditional international business theories, shifting emphasis
from the flows of goods and services to the flows of data, information, and knowledge …

Innovation efficiency in European high-tech industries: Evidence from a Bayesian stochastic frontier approach

RE Haschka, H Herwartz - Research Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Innovation output is key to the long run business success in high-technology markets. Since
research is costly, the absorption of external knowledge might be a powerful device for …

[HTML][HTML] The diffusion of energy technologies. Evidence from renewable, fossil, and nuclear energy patents

AM Fernández, E Ferrándiz, J Medina - Technological Forecasting and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Technology innovation is widely recognised as a critical means in tackling climate change
and fulfilling energy policy objectives. The objective of this paper is twofold: first, to provide a …

Patent portfolio diversity and firm profitability: A question of specialization or diversification?

FP Appio, LM De Luca, R Morgan, A Martini - Journal of Business Research, 2019 - Elsevier
The relationship between patent portfolio diversity and firm profitability is conceptually
opaque and empirically equivocal. We contribute to the literature with a systematic analysis …

Neither core nor periphery: The search for competitive advantage in the automotive semi‐periphery

G Mordue, B Sweeney - Growth and Change, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This article examines a heretofore underexplored category of automotive‐producing nation
known as the semi‐periphery. These nations are neither “core” automotive nations whose …

Exploring the digital era: Has digital technology innovation reshaped investment efficiency in Chinese enterprises?

X Lai, L Quan, C Guo, X Gao - Research in International Business and …, 2025 - Elsevier
In the digital era, technological advancements such as artificial intelligence, big data, and
cloud computing are revolutionizing corporate investment strategies, yet academic research …

The heterogeneity of levels of green innovation by firms in international contexts: a study based on the home-country institutional profile

DI Leyva-de la Hiz, N Hurtado-Torres… - Organization & …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
The institutional perspective is becoming an increasingly important approach for explaining
sustainability behavior in an international context. Drawing on insights from institutional …

Knowledge Push Curve (KPC) in retailing: Evidence from patented innovations analysis affecting retailers' competitiveness

E Pantano, CV Priporas, N Stylos - Journal of Retailing and Consumer …, 2018 - Elsevier
Previous studies have demonstrated the extent to which an analysis of patent growth can be
used to study the innovation level of a certain industry, national competitiveness in terms of …