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Mercedes Teruel

Researcher at Rovira i Virgili University

Publications -  52
Citations -  1904

Mercedes Teruel is an academic researcher from Rovira i Virgili University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Productivity & Panel data. The author has an hindex of 14, co-authored 45 publications receiving 1487 citations.

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Innovation and firm growth: Does firm age play a role?

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors explored the relationship between innovation and firm growth for firms of different ages and found that young firms undertake riskier innovation activities which may have greater performance benefits (if successful), or greater losses (if unsuccessful).
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Like milk or wine: Does firm performance improve with age?

TL;DR: The authors analyzed the performance of a panel of Spanish manufacturing firms between 1998 and 2006, relating it to firm age and found evidence that firms improve with age, because ageing firms are observed to have steadily increasing levels of productivity, higher profits, larger size, lower debt ratios and higher equity ratios Furthermore, older firms are better able to convert sales growth into subsequent growth of profits and productivity.
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High-growth firms and innovation: an empirical analysis for Spanish firms

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of R&D investment on firm growth was analyzed using an extensive sample of Spanish manufacturing and service firms and quantile regression technique was applied to explore the determinants of firm growth.
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Productivity Growth and Competition in Spanish Manufacturing Firms: What Has Happened in Recent Years?

TL;DR: The relationship between market competition and productivity in the Spanish economy is investigated in this paper, where the authors provide empirical evidence about the relationship between productivity and market competition from Spanish manufacturing firms at firm level between 1994 and 2004.
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Financial Constraints and the Failure of Innovation Projects

TL;DR: In this article, the role of financial obstacles on the likelihood of abandoning an innovation project is analyzed and the effects are different depending on the stage of the innovation process and the level of complexity.