Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/91726 
Year of Publication: 
2014
Series/Report no.: 
ZEW Discussion Papers No. 14-011
Publisher: 
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
This study examines how industry-specific managerial experience affects firms' innovation performance in the context of different institutional environments. Based on firm-level data from 27 Central and Eastern European countries we identify a robust positive relationship between industry-specific experience of the top-manager and the decision to innovate as well as the share of new product-related sales. These effects are particularly pronounced for small firms operating outside the European Union or, more generally, in institutionally less developed countries. The results suggest that managerial experience affects firm innovations largely indirectly, for example, by reducing uncertainty about future returns on innovations or by providing knowledge about how to cope with institutional shortfalls potentially hampering the commercial success of new products.
Subjects: 
Corporate Governance
Innovation
Managerial Experience
JEL: 
G38
L25
O32
P26
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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