This paper investigates to what extent the R&D behavior of manufacturing companies was influenced by the 2008/09 crisis …. Based on a broad official data set for German manufacturing companies, only a few companies that engaged in R&D during 2008 …

This paper analyzes research efficiency at the industry level in manufacturing for 13 European member and four … highest efficiency scores on average in total manufacturing. The main industries that are at the technology frontier are those …

the manufacturing and service sectors. Specifically, employing a bivariate probit model based on survey data of …/or relocate production or other operations abroad. Generally, I find that SMEs from the manufacturing sector do more exporting …, manufacturing firms in the high-tech sector are far more likely to be engaged in internationalization activity than are service …

This study explores the prevalence and nature of the regional divide for the Mexican manufacturing production across … sub-national regions. We utilize a unique panel of municipality-level data from the manufacturing sector. An important … use stochastic frontier analysis methods to test for productivity and efficiency differences in manufacturing throughout …

manufacturing industries over the 1995-2006 period. Taking into account industry differences in the need for external finance, we …

competitiveness measured by unit labor costs, using a rich, newly built, data set of German manufacturing enterprises. The analysis is …

manufacturing industries over the 1995-2006 period. Taking into account industry differences in the need for external finance, we …