...Fabrizia Sarto; Sara Saggese Purpose The study empirically investigates whether the board of directors' expertise in the focal firm's industry has implications for innovation input. Additionally, it explores how this relationship is shaped by the CEO's educational level and background...

... output and innovation input of firms on their export propensity and intensity. Findings The authors find that the innovation output of firms (measured as sales due to innovative products) has a positive and significant effect on their subsequent export behavior, particularly on export intensity...