Innovation, firm survival and productivity: the state of the art

Mehmet Ugur () and Marco Vivarelli ()

No 30334, Greenwich Papers in Political Economy from University of Greenwich, Greenwich Political Economy Research Centre

Abstract: We review the theoretical underpinnings and the empirical findings of the literature that investigates the effects of innovation on firm survival and firm productivity, which constitute the two main channels through which innovation drives growth. We aim to contribute to the ongoing debate along three paths. First, we discuss the extent to which the theoretical perspectives that inform the empirical models allow for heterogeneity in the effects of R&D/innovation on firm survival and productivity. Secondly, we draw attention to recent modelling and estimation effort that reveals novel sources of heterogeneity, non-linearity and volatility in the gains from R&D/innovation, particularly in terms of its effects on firm survival and productivity. Our third contribution is to link our findings with those from prior reviews to demonstrate how the state of the art is evolving and with what implications for future research.

Keywords: Innovation; R&D; survival; productivity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O30 O33 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-10-23
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Published in Economics of Innovation and New Technology 5.30(2020): pp. 433-467

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