country can raise its total factor productivity by investing in R&D. Countries can also boost their productivity by trading …

characteristics. The results suggest that institutional differences are important determinants of total factor productivity and that …

unprecedented growth. We then proceed to study if this positive impact of VC is also present on productivity growth, which is a … affects total factor productivity growth. We do find that VC investment is positively associated with labor productivity but …

technologies, leading to higher productivity. We propose a model of endogenous selection and innovation in heterogeneous firms that …

Do firms have the right incentives to innovate in the presence of productivity spillovers? This paper proposes an …-term wage contracts with their workers, productivity spillovers are fully internalized. If firms cannot commit to long-term wage …

We explore the relationship between innovation activity, productivity, and exports using a panel of Spanish … explaining the positive export-productivity association documented in prior research. For the sample of small innovating firms …, we find no significant differences in productivity levels between exporters and non-exporters. Especially product …

knowledge' from its cumulative R&D activities, a developing country can boost its productivity by importing a larger variety of …

patenting. Furthermore, it explains why R&D as a fraction of revenues is strongly related to firm productivity yet largely …