Report NEP-SBM-2026-07-27

This is the archive for NEP-SBM, a report on new working papers in the area of Small Business Management. João Carlos Correia Leitão (Joao Carlos Correia Leitao) issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Colombo, Massimo G. & Füner, Lena & Guerini, Massimiliano & Hottenrott, Hanna & Souza, Daniel, 2026, "European entrepreneurship: Trends in start-ups and scale-ups in France, Germany and the UK," ZEW policy briefs, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research, number 09/2026.
• Aghion, Philippe & Bergeaud, Antonin & Boppart, Timo & Klenow, Peter J. & Li, Huiyu, 2025, "Good Rents versus Bad Rents: R&D Misallocation and Growth," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20654, Sep.
• Chikis, Craig A. & Kleinman, Benny & Prato, Marta, 2025, "The Geography of Innovative Firms," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20408, Jul.
• DADAKPETE, David & DOSSA, Moïse, 2025, "Innovation and Survival of Young French Firms," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 127936.
• Salayeva, Guli & Reyimberganov, Baxrom, 2026, "Barriers to Digital Transformation of SMEs in Transition Economies: Implications for Green Growth," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number sfrkp_v1, Jun, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/sfrkp_v1.
• Garnadt, Niklas & Füner, Lena & Stahl, Konrad & TÃ¥g, Joacim, 2025, "Successful Entrepreneurs Come From the Top of the Earned Income Distribution," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20536, Aug.
• Iglesias-Osores, Sebastian, 2026, "Corporate research and value creation in Peru
  [Corporate research and value creation in Peru: know-how, appropriability and innovation capabilities]," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 129921, Jun.
• Ignaszak, Marek & Robbins, Daniel & SedlÃ¡Ä ek, Petr, 2025, "Bang for the Buck: Aggregate Impact of Firm-Level R&D Incentives," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20653, Sep.
• George, Siddharth Eapen & Kirti, Divya & Lange, Nils & Martínez Pería, Maria Soledad & Vijayaraghavan, Rajesh, 2025, "Credit and Product Innovation in Emerging Markets: Evidence from India," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20744, Oct.
• Gazzani, Andrea & Martinez, Joseba & Natoli, Filippo & Surico, Paolo, 2025, "The Public Origins of American Innovation," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20788, Oct.
• Englmaier, Florian & Galdón Sánchez, José Enrique & Gil, Ricard & Kaiser, Michael & Strandt, Helene, 2025, "Management Practices and Firm Performance during the Great Recession," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20749, Oct.
• Daniele, Gianmarco & De Simoni, Marco & Marchetti, Domenico J. & Marcolongo, Giovanna & Pinotti, Paolo, 2025, "A Loan You Can’t Refuse: Credit Rationing and Organized Crime Infiltration of Distressed Firms," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20776, Oct.
• Känzig, Diego & Konradt, Maximilian & Wang, Lixing & Zhang, Donghai, 2025, "Green Business Cycles," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20475, Jul.
• Liu, Xueyue & Liu, Yu & Makarin, Alexey & Wen, Jaya, 2025, "Export Controls and Innovation in Sanctioned Countries," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20690, Sep.
• Bacher, Annika & Fagereng, Andreas & Ring, Marius & Wold, Ella, 2025, "Regulating Entrepreneurship: The Case of Capital Requirements," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20495, Jul.
• Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés & You, Zhuoying & Teirlinck, Peter, 2025, "The Political Extremes and Innovation: How Support for Extreme Parties Shapes Overall and Green Scientific Research and Technol," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20598, Aug.
• Nicoletta Berardi & Paul Vertier & Chloé Zapha & Elie Malhaire & Jules Tapin, 2026, "The Impact of Floods on Firm Performance and Relocation," Working papers, Banque de France, number 1047.
• Aghion, Philippe & Bergeaud, Antonin & Boppart, Timo & Brouillette, Jean-Félix, 2025, "Resetting the Innovation Clock: Endogenous Growth through Technological Turnover," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20761, Oct.
• Malek, Jan & Seldeslachts, Jo & Veugelers, Reinhilde, 2025, "Are M&As Spurring or Stifling Innovation? Evidence from Antidiabetic Drug Development," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20468, Jul.
• Boot, Arnoud & Vladimirov, Vladimir, 2025, "Disclosure, Patenting, and Trade Secrecy," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20702, Oct.
• Kadyrsizova, Snezhana & Myrzakul, Maria, 2026, "Price regulation and the direction of innovation: evidence from a transition economy," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 128474, Mar.
• Dubois, Pierre, 2025, "Pharmaceutical Regulation and Incentives for Innovation in an International Perspective," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20728, Oct.
• Isaga, Nsubili & Gafni, Hadar & Ndaki, Pascal Daudi & Garofalo, Orsola & Jeppesen, Lars Bo & Petro, Hawa & Zunino, Diego, 2025, "Does Pitching Help Necessity Entrepreneurs Raise Funds Online? Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Tanzania," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20352, Jun.
• Oecd, 2026, "Competition in the age of AI: Initial evidence from microdata," OECD Artificial Intelligence Papers, OECD Publishing, number 64, Jul, DOI: 10.1787/6f88a1ea-en.
• Vladimir Stantchev & Teodor Sedlarski, 2026, "Computable Compliance as Institutional Technology - A Demand-side Entry Point for Peripheral Tech Ecosystems — The Case of Burgas," Bulgarian Economic Papers, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski - Bulgaria // Center for Economic Theories and Policies at Sofia University St Kliment Ohridski, number bep-2026-03, Jul, revised Jul 2026.
• Oskar Kowalewski & Oleksandr Talavera & Thanh Nam Vu, 2026, "Family Ownership and Firm-Level Nature Dependence," Discussion Papers, Department of Economics, University of Birmingham, number 26-03, Jun.
• Caroline Diard & Virginie Hachard & António Cunha Meneses Abrantes, 2026, "Emerging innovations in geographically extreme teleworking: The unfolding dynamics of the psychological contract," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05651952, Jun, DOI: 10.1016/j.orgdyn.2026.101234.
• Igor Fedotenkov & Anneleen Vandeplas, 2026, "Demographic Change and Business Dynamics in the EU," European Economy - Discussion Papers, Directorate General Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN), European Commission, number 251, Jun.
• Fangchen Song & Yixuan Liu & Ashish Agarwal, 2026, "Remote Work: Driver or Deterrent of Digital Product Innovation," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2607.03718, Jul.
• Yousra A Abdelwahed & Johannes Schaaper & Hanane Elzeiny, 2025, "The Effect of Crowdfunding Criteria on the Intentions to Fund Entrepreneurial Projects: A Comparative Study between Egypt and France
  [L'influence des critères de financement participatif sur l'intention de financer des projets entrepreneuriaux : u," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05671286, Aug, DOI: 10.5539/ijbm.v20n5p121.
• Xun Li & Maryam Vaziri, 2026, "Targeting State Aid: Firm-level Evidence from France," IMF Working Papers, International Monetary Fund, number 2026/122, Jun.
• Marine Kohler & Natalia Costa I Coromina & Pascal da Costa & Peter Fox Penner & François Cluzel, 2026, "A firm level Environmental Kuznets Curve Evaluation: thresholds in a cross-sectional dataset of mid-sized companies," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05170003, Jun, DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2026.148599.
• Bena, Jan & Ellul, Andrew & Pagano, Marco & Rutigliano, Valentina, 2025, "Entrepreneurs’ Diversification and Labor Income Risk," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20353, Jun.
• Charles S. Gascon & Violeta A. Gutkowski & Rehann Silvanus, 2026, "New Survey Findings on AI Adoption and Its Effects on Employment and Productivity," On the Economy, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, number 103542, Jul.
• Dan Andrews & Andrea Garnero & Sara Holttinen, 2026, "Non-compete clauses and productivity: New cross-country firm-level evidence," OECD Economics Department Working Papers, OECD Publishing, number 1873, Jul, DOI: 10.1787/079fcd4f-en.
• Ari Kokko & Nguyen Tien Thong & Katariina Nilsson Hakkala, 2026, "Business Climate, Economic Complexity, and Performance at the Provincial Level in Viet Nam," ADB Economics Working Paper Series, Asian Development Bank, number 856, Jul, DOI: 10.22617/WPS260325-2.
• Yang Yu & Martin Fleming & Lucy Hampton & Christophe Combemale & Neil Thompson, 2026, "AI Adoption in S&P 500 Firms," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2607.08920, Jul.
• Sforza, Alessandro & Acabbi, Edoardo Maria, 2025, "Credit and Firms' Organization," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20417, Jul.
• Accetturo, Antonio & Baltrunaite, Audinga & Cariola, Gianmarco & Frigo, Annalisa & Gallo, Marco, 2025, "The Value of Words: Evidence from Non-Financial Disclosure Regulation," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20343, Jun.
• Thabit Atobishi & Saeed Nosratabadi, 2026, "Dynamic Capabilities for AI-Enabled Exploration: Antecedents, Mechanisms, and Innovation Outcomes," Papers, arXiv.org, number 2607.02645, Jul.
• Viet Nguyen-Tien, 2026, "Input uncertainty and firm performance: evidence from critical minerals," CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE, number dp2197, Jul.
• Francesco Crespi & Dario Guarascio & Jelena Reljic, 2026, "Technological Sovereignity, Big Tech and the Military-Digital complex," Working Papers in Public Economics, Department of Economics and Law, Sapienza University of Rome, number 283, Jun.
• Davide Liberato Lo Conte & Giuseppe Sancetta & Nicola Cucari & Octavio Escobar, 2026, "AI‐Driven Risk Governance for SMEs: From Predictive Analytics to Strategic Competitiveness," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05654176, Jun, DOI: 10.1002/jsc.70097.
• Miroslav ?ipikal, 0000, "Public support for Science and Technology Parks Creation in Central Europe ? success or failure?," Proceedings of Economics and Finance Conferences, International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences, number 15817081.
• Aykut Sengul & Abdullah Kursat Merter, 2026, "Debt Overhang and Growth: Firm-Level Heterogeneity in an Emerging Market," Working Papers, Research and Monetary Policy Department, Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, number 2612.
• Francesco Crespi & Dario Guarascio & Jelena Reljic, 2026, "Technological Sovereignty, Big Tech and the Military-Digital complex," Departmental Working Papers of Economics - University 'Roma Tre', Department of Economics - University Roma Tre, number 0296, Jul.
• Goodhart, Charles & Vu, Ly Hoang, 2025, "Who Adapts and who Finances? Firm-Level Evidence on Climate Mitigation, Gender, and Access to Credit," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20645, Sep.
• Coelli, Federica, 2025, "Trade Policy Uncertainty and Innovation: Evidence from China," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20377, Jun.
• Marcos Medina-Tabares & Manon Enjolras & Ferney Osorio & Brigitte Schönberger & Laurent Rollet, 2026, "Intent to Practice: Enablers and Barriers of DEI-Driven third-place Innovation," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05667090, Jun.
• Zhen-Yuan Ralph Liu & Yu-Ting Wang & Jia-Jia Yan & Shivam Gupta & Mihalis Giannakis, 2026, "Exploring the relationship between human-centric AI and firm idiosyncratic risks," Post-Print, HAL, number hal-05665153, Jun, DOI: 10.1007/s10796-026-10759-7.
• Leogrande, Angelo & Di Molfetta, Mauro & Magaletti, Nicola & Nortarnicola, Valeria & Trotta, Maria Giovanna, 2026, "An ESCO-Based Skill-Gap Detection Framework for SMEs: A Design Science Prototype of an Intelligent Learning Management System," SocArXiv, Center for Open Science, number dafeg_v1, Jun, DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/dafeg_v1.
• Bachas, Pierre & Brockmeyer, Anne & Dom, Roel & Semelet, Camille, 2025, "Effective Tax Rates, Firm Size and the Global Minimum Tax," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20609, Sep.
• Pascale Combes Motel & Aimé Okoko & Sonia Schwartz, 2024, "Does the EU-ETS affect the firm's capital structure? Evidence from French manufacturing firms," Working Papers, FAERE - French Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, number 2024.05, Oct.
• Berg, Claudia & Bettarelli, Luca & Furceri, Davide & Ganslmeier, Michael & Grover, Arti & Lang, Megan & Schiffbauer, Marc, 2025, "Firm-Level Climate Change Adaptation: Micro Evidence from 134 Nations," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20513, Jul.
• Harrison, Ann & Wang, Peichun & Zhao, Minyuan & Meyer, Marshall W. & Zhao, Linda, 2025, "Can a Tiger Change Its Stripes? Reform of Chinese State-Owned Enterprises in the Penumbra of the State," CEPR Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Policy Research, number 20485, Jul.
• Quophy, Barbara, 2026, "Why Global Climate Finance Rarely Reaches Small-Scale Nature-Based Enterprises," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 128511, Feb.