“…For its part, innovation is a theme that emerged at the same time as that of corporate governance thanks to precursors like Schumpeter (1934). Here again, its influence on financial performance, whether in purely financial terms, productivity or increased market share (Andresen et al, 2002, Banbury andMitchell, 1995;Gök and Peker, 2017;Black and Lynch, 2004;Cassiman and Golovko, 2011), is not unrelated to the popularity of this area of research during the last years. In addition, these findings help to better understand why innovation is sometimes presented as a guarantee of sustainability (Kor, 2006).…”