This paper examines whether the economic crisis induced by the COVID-19 pandemic
exhibits a Schumpeterian “cleansing” of less productive firms. Using firm-level data collected …

As an essential way to alleviate the principal–agent issue, the executive incentive not only
guides the innovation activities but also affects the financial performance of enterprises. In …

This study aims to investigate the main factors driving technological innovation within firms
in the manufacturing and service sectors of the Czech Republic. We apply a binary logistic …

Better working conditions promote employee creativity and loyalty. Meanwhile, a stable and
skilled workforce contributes to a firm's sustainable growth. Therefore, providing favorable …

Motivated by calls to explore corporate outcomes of gender diversity‐related dependencies
in a firm's upper echelons, we examine whether gender diversity in manager‐owner (s) …

China's GEM (Growth Enterprise Market, also named as ChiNext stock market) enterprises
are mainly small and medium-sized enterprises in the start-up stage, which have high-speed …

Purpose The purpose of this study is to empirically investigate the relationship between
executive shareholding, institutional investor shareholding and corporate innovation, and to …

Country-level institutional conditions are known to play key roles in firms' innovation and
operations. While it is acknowledged that an unfavourable institutional context negatively …

Most innovation-oriented studies use measures such as patent activity or research
expenditures, likely ignoring the role of more home-grown upgrades or opportunity …

Innovation is essential for driving business survival, development, and growth. Today,
managers within firms continuously search for new ways to gain competitive advantage. In …