With more activities being moved online during the COVID-era, digital infrastructure, as a
public service, is now playing a greater role in influencing innovation and making the …

Firms, especially Chinese manufacturing firms, invest significant resources in innovation
activities to sustain their position in the intensifying competitive environment. However …

This study explores the moderating effects of digital transformation on the nexus between
banking concentration and corporate innovation. Based on the panel data of Chinese A …

In this paper we use a panel of manufacturing firms in Spain to examine the extent to which
they use internal and external sources of information (customers, suppliers, competitors …

This paper examines the role identity of university based principal investigators (PIs), as well
as the learning mechanisms that underpin this position. PIs have become the focus of …

Failure is a key feature of innovation and learning from innovation failure has been seen as
the main source of knowledge production and future success. The timing of the failure …

Despite the generosity of its tax system, Spain is far from EU countries in terms of R&D
spending and innovation outcomes. A policy instrument commonly used to foster firms' R&D …

This paper analyzes and quantifies the fundamental factors that are likely to cause
persistence in performing R&D activities: the existence of sunk costs associated with R&D …

Historical best practice emphasizes that the decision for large-scale R&D investment is
important to catch-up growth. It is desirable in most developing countries to establish …

Existing literature investigates the effect of access to international markets on the
technological activities of companies neglecting the issue of competition. It is not only the …