Firm Size, Competition, Financing and Innovation

This paper investigates the effects of firm size, competition and access to finance on the innovation performance of that firm. After a review of the relevant literature, three logit models are proposed and tested. The empirical analysis is based on the business environment and enterprise performanc...

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Main Author:	Alsharkas Zeina
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 2014-12-01
Series:	International Journal of Management and Economics
Subjects:	access to financing firm size innovation and competition
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1515/ijme-2015-0009

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spelling	doaj-c74555c8ff9142979935bad4c0247d712021-09-05T20:51:08ZengSciendoInternational Journal of Management and Economics2299-97012014-12-01441517310.1515/ijme-2015-0009ijme-2015-0009Firm Size, Competition, Financing and InnovationAlsharkas Zeina0University of EssexThis paper investigates the effects of firm size, competition and access to finance on the innovation performance of that firm. After a review of the relevant literature, three logit models are proposed and tested. The empirical analysis is based on the business environment and enterprise performance survey (BEEPS) for 1053 enterprises from twenty-six countries in years 2002 and 2005. Our results suggest a positive and statistically significant relationship between firm size and innovation. We also find a positive relationship between both competition and access to finance with innovation.https://doi.org/10.1515/ijme-2015-0009access to financingfirm sizeinnovation and competition
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title	Firm Size, Competition, Financing and Innovation
title_short	Firm Size, Competition, Financing and Innovation
title_full	Firm Size, Competition, Financing and Innovation
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series	International Journal of Management and Economics
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description	This paper investigates the effects of firm size, competition and access to finance on the innovation performance of that firm. After a review of the relevant literature, three logit models are proposed and tested. The empirical analysis is based on the business environment and enterprise performance survey (BEEPS) for 1053 enterprises from twenty-six countries in years 2002 and 2005. Our results suggest a positive and statistically significant relationship between firm size and innovation. We also find a positive relationship between both competition and access to finance with innovation.
topic	access to financing firm size innovation and competition
url	https://doi.org/10.1515/ijme-2015-0009
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Firm Size, Competition, Financing and Innovation

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