This book explores the relationship between exports and productivity. Whilst a body of research indicates that … exporters have superior productivity to non-exporters, received wisdom suggests that this is because productive firms became … exporting -- Export strategy and innovation -- Industry heterogeneity in learning by exporting -- Summary and conclusion …

dual labour market * the relative stagnancy of Europe versus the USA in terms of productivity levels and unemployment … endogenous growth theory, economic growth and unemployment, labour market economics and industrial organization …

of wage inequality between high-skilled and low-skilled workers, and the relatively low productivity growth experienced … technological revolution, describe why this does not necessarily result in high productivity growth and outline the best methods to … measure productivity in the new economy. This exhaustive exploration of productivity growth and wage inequality between high …

The definition and measurement of productivity in services raises important conceptual, methodological and strategic … problems. This book aims to provide a critical review of the main debates on productivity in the domain of services. The first … part examines the theoretical consequences of services specificities on the concept of productivity and reviews the …