European Journal of Innovation Management: Volume 23 Issue 2

Financing novelty: new tools and practices to induce and control innovation processes

Thierry Burger-Helmchen, Blandine Laperche, Francesco Schiavone, Ulrike Stefani

Internal and external financing of innovation: Sectoral differences in a longitudinal study of European firms

Petra A. Nylund, Nuria Arimany-Serrat, Xavier Ferras-Hernandez, Eric Viardot, Henry Boateng, Alexander Brem

Successful innovation requires a significant financial commitment. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to investigate the relation between internal and external financing and…

Creativity and forms of managerial control in innovation processes: tools, viewpoints and practices

Sophie Raedersdorf Bollinger

Innovation processes are inherently uncertain. They account for a high proportion of risks taken by companies and cause tensions. The purpose of this paper is to consider whether…

The economics of the entrepreneur and the banker historical roots and contributions to the management of innovation

Sophie Boutillier

The purpose of this paper is to study the nature of the relationship between the entrepreneur and the banker, which is central to any analysis of business creation and innovation…

How financial systems and firm strategy impact the choice of innovation funding

Jaime Sierra

The funding of innovation is explained by typical cost-based financial approaches. This paper breaks away from such tradition, and the purpose of this paper is to propose an…

Value creation, innovation practice, and competitive advantage: Evidence from the FTSE MIB index

Enrico Battisti, Nicola Miglietta, Niccolò Nirino, Manuel Villasalero Diaz

The purpose of this paper is to analyse companies listed on the FTSE MIB, in order to investigate the introduction of different types of open innovation practice as a key factor…

Capital market penalties to radical and incremental innovation

Daniel Stefan Hain, Jesper Lindgaard Christensen

The purpose of this paper is to investigate how access to financing for incremental as well as radical innovation activities is affected by firm-specific structural and behavioral…

New tools and practices for financing novelty: a research agenda

Ulrike Stefani, Francesco Schiavone, Blandine Laperche, Thierry Burger-Helmchen

The expectations surrounding innovation as the principal mean by which firms gain a sustainable advantage while simultaneously alleviating social problems are tremendous. However…