information on firms� international activities and characteristics such as size and productivity, governance and management … structure, workforce, innovation and research activity. We identify the firm characteristics that are correlated with exporting …

We compare the magnitude of local productivity advantages associated with two different spatial concentration patterns … productivity advantages for both urban areas and industrial districts. However, firms located in urban areas reap a larger … productivity premium than those operating within districts. The advantages of industrial districts have declined over time; those …

either the degree of local competition or productive variety impact on subsequent productivity growth. Employment …

presents some empirical evidence on the effects of innovation on employment growth and therefore on firms� productivity with … the goal of understanding the roots of such poor performance. We use firm level data from the last three surveys on …

growth performance directly or indirectly through the above exogenous shocks. The focus, mostly but not exclusively …

success from firm surveys along with the usual R&D expenditures and productivity measures. We then apply the model to data on … firm�s productivity, especially process innovation. Among SMEs, larger and older firms seem to be less productive. …

, and it is not related to improvements in firm productivity. The connection premium is positive for upstream producers for …

mode of organization (outsourcing versus integration) of intermediate inputs production. We find evidence of a productivity … productive and domestic outsourcing by the least productive firms; those with medium-high productivity choose domestic … integration, those with medium-low productivity foreign outsourcing. We also find that the preference for integration over …

We examine the growth performance of six emerging economies (Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Russia and Turkey) in the … the dynamics of labor productivity (value added per worker, a synthetic measure of capital deepening, labor quality and … total factor productivity) and of employment. We find that the ongoing slowdown in EMEs is largely structural, but there is …