Formal vs. Informal CSR Strategies: Evidence from Italian Micro, Small, Medium-sized, and Large Firms

Innovation, formal vs. informal R&D, and

Innovation, formal vs. informal R&D, and firm size: Some evidence from Italian manufacturing firms

✍ Enrico Santarelli; Alessandro Sterlacchini 📂 Article 📅 1990 🏛 Springer US 🌐 English ⚖ 485 KB

On the basis of data from two recent surveys on innovation diffusion in Italian manufacturing industry, this paper shows that informal R&D is an important part of the total R&D undertaken by small and medium sized firms. Nevertheless, when an output indicator such as the number and the nature of the