...Sumukh Hungund; Jighyasu Gaur; Aishwarya Narayan Purpose The paper aims to examine the influence of closed and open innovation practices on economic performance. This papert also examines the mediating roles of innovation performance and firm performance. The study uses innovation theory based...

.... Findings The findings show that environmental expenditure has a negative impact on economic performance through pollution prevention capability. In contrast, environmental expenditure has a positive impact on economic performance through product stewardship capability. Both effects are significantly...

... Economic performance Emerging markets China Microenterprises are an important economic segment of countries. These ventures tend to have gross sales of under $25,000 a year (Tinker, 2000). In the case of many African nations, the combination of micro and small enterprises contribute to about half...

... regulations in the UK are significant in improving economic performance of the industrial sectors. They also find that, in the short run, environmental regulations negatively influence innovation, and innovation negatively influences economic performance in these sectors. Practical implications...